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Ananteris balzanii

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Ananteris balzanii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Ananteris
Species:
A. balzanii
Binomial name
Ananteris balzanii
Thorell, 1891

Ananteris balzanii is a scorpion species found in Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil.[1] It is the type species of the Ananteris genus.[2] The species will autotomize its Metasoma when threatened, and doing so decreases their ability to successfully subdue prey. [3]

References

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  1. ^ Thorell, 1891 : Nova species Brasiliana ordinis Scorpionum. Entomologisk Tidskrift, vol. 12, n. 2, p. 65-70.
  2. ^ Lourenço, Wilson R.; Alessandro P. L., Giupponi; Leguin, Elise-Anne (2013). "Description of three more new species of the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Brazil". Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. 85 (2): 709–725. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652013000200016. PMID 23828351.
  3. ^ García-Hernández, Solimary; Machado, Glauco (2020). "'Tail' autotomy and consequent stinger loss decrease predation success in scorpions". Animal Behaviour. 169. Elsevier BV: 157–167. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.08.019. ISSN 0003-3472. S2CID 221914699.