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Context: The Satpura hill range in Maharashtra has yielded a new species of scorpion (Compsobuthus satpuraensis) that has a few cousins in Pakistan. It is the fourth species of the genus Compsobuthus for India and the first to be reported from Maharashtra.

About Compsobuthus satpuraensis:

• It recorded for the first time from the foothills of the Satpuras in Jalgaon district.
• It belongs to the same group — werneri — as the Compsobuthus pakistanus described from Pakistan more than a decade ago.
• But it is morphologically closest to the Compsobuthus rugosulus, described from both India and Pakistan.
• The female of the species was found to be paler than the male.

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