Microananteroides mariachiarae Rossi et Lourenço, 2015 is a junior synonym of Akentrobuthus atakora Vignoli et Prendini, 2008 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) Author Kovařík, František Author Teruel, Rolando Author Lowe, Graeme text Euscorpius 2017 246 1 7 journal article 1536-9307 DF8415AE-C612-4458-B823-2160BD22D730 Akentrobuthus Lamoral, 1976 ( Figs. 1–16 ) Akentrobuthus Lamoral, 1976: 681–691 , figs. 1–27; Sissom, 1990: 89 , 95, 101; Lourenço, 1998: 845– 847 , figs. 6–8; Fet, 2000: 421–422 ; Lourenço, 2000: 878–879 ; Lourenço, 2003: 1149–1150 ; Soleglad & Fet, 2003a: 3, 12, 30; Soleglad & Fet, 2003b: 88, 90–91; Lourenço, 2004: 77–78 ; Fet et al., 2005: 3 , 13, 20, 22–26; Lourenço, 2005: 949–950 ; Vignoli & Prendini, 2008: 61–70, figs. 1–17, tab. 1; Kovařík, 2009: 30 ; Lourenço, 2012: 555 . Figures 1–3: Akentrobuthus atakora , holotype of Microananteroides mariachiarae , dorsal (1) and ventral (2), and metasoma II–V and telson lateral (3) views. Scale bar: 10 mm. = Microananteroides Rossi et Lourenço, 2015: 4 . New synonym. TYPE SPECIES . Akentrobuthus leleupi Lamoral, 1976 , by original designation . Figures 4–13: Akentrobuthus atakora . Figures 4–12. Holotype of Microananteroides mariachiarae . Pedipalp chela, dorsal (4), external (5) and ventral (6) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (7), external (8), and ventral (9) views. Pedipalp femur internal (10) and femur and trochanter dorsal (11) views. Movable finger (12).The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 4a, 6a–8a, 10a – 11a. Figure 4b . Drawing of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 10 in Rossi & Lourenço (2015: 11). Figure 13 . Akentrobuthus atakora , holotype, photo of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 12 in Vignoli & Prendini, (2008: 68). Figures 14–15: Akentrobuthus atakora , holotype of Microananteroides mariachiarae , chelicerae, carapace and tergites I–III (14), and sternopectinal region and sternites III – IV (15). COMMENTS. The diagnosis of this previously monotypic genus ( Lamoral, 1976 ), was updated by Vignoli & Prendini (2008), to include their newly described second species Akentrobuthus atakora Vignoli et Prendini, 2008 . For the formal syonymization of Microananteroides , see the detailed discussion below.