Buthoscorpio
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Buthoscorpio sarasinorum Karsch, 1891
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Buthoscorpio is a genus of scorpion in the family Buthidae.[1]
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
- ^ Lourenço, Wilson. FURTHER TAXONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS ON THE GENUS BUTHOSCORPIO WERNER, 1936 (SCORPIONES, BUTHIDAE), WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM INDIA. ([1])
- ^ Fet, Sissom, Lowe & Braunwalder, 2000 : Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). New York Entomological Society, p. 1-690.
- ^ The Scorpion Files: Jan Ove Rein, Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. 28 September 2020.
- ^ 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).