Observations on the remarkable disrupted geographical distribution of the genus Microbuthus Kraepelin, 1898 in North Africa, with the description of a new species from Egypt (Scorpiones, Buthidae).

A disrupted Perisaharan pattern of distribution is confirmed for the species of the genus Microbuthus Kraepelin, 1898. A new species, Microbuthus flavorufus sp. n., is described from Egypt, raising the total number of known species of the genus to five.