Descripcion de una nueva especie de alacran de importancia medica del genero Centruroides (Scorpiones: Buthidae) del estado de Colima, Mexico.

Centruroides hirsutipalpus sp.nov. From the region of Minatitlán, Colima, Mexico is described. The new species is compared with C. elegans Thorell and C. tecomanus Hoffmann, which are morphologically and geographically closely related. Comparisons with other species of “striped” Centruroides from central and western Mexico are included. This medically important species had not been collected previously