Buthoscorpio

Buthoscorpio is a genus of scorpion in the family Buthidae.[1]

Buthoscorpio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Scorpiones
Family:
Buthidae
Genus:
Buthoscorpio
Type species
Buthoscorpio sarasinorum
Karsch, 1891
Species

See text

Distribution

The species of this genus are found in India and Sri Lanka.[2]

List of species

There are five species identified under the genus Buthoscorpio:[3]

  • Buthoscorpio chinnarensis Aswathi, Sureshan & Lourenço, 2015
  • Buthoscorpio indicus Lourenço, 2012
  • Buthoscorpio politus (Pocock, 1899)
  • Buthoscorpio rayalensis Javed, Rao, Mirza, Sanap & Tampal, 2010
  • Buthoscorpio sarasinorum (Karsch, 1891)

Taxonomy

The species Stenochirus jinnahii and Stenochirus rahmatii were uncertain.[4]

Original publications
  • Werner, 1936: « Neue-Eingänge von Skorpionen im Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg. Teil II. » Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstage von Professor Dr. Embrik Strand, vol. 2, p. 171–193.

References
  1. Lourenço, Wilson. FURTHER TAXONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS ON THE GENUS BUTHOSCORPIO WERNER, 1936 (SCORPIONES, BUTHIDAE), WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM INDIA. ()
  2. Fet, Sissom, Lowe & Braunwalder, 2000 : Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). New York Entomological Society, p. 1-690.
  3. The Scorpion Files: Jan Ove Rein, Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. 28 September 2020.
  4. Javed, Rao, Mirza, Sanap & Tampal, 2010 : "A new species of scorpion of the genus Buthoscorpio Werner, 1936 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Andhra Pradesh, India." Euscorpius, No. 98, p. 1-11 (texte intégral).


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