Bothriurus is a genus of Neotropical scorpions in the family Bothriuridae. They occur in many different habitats in South America, including deserts, steppes, savannas and forests.[1]
| Bothriurus | |
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| Bothriurus bonariensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Bothriuridae |
| Genus: | Bothriurus Peters, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Brotheas bonariensis Koch, 1842
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Species
editThe following species are included in the genus Bothriurus:
- Bothriurus aguardente Santos-da-Silva, Carvalho & Brescovit, 2017[2]
- Bothriurus araguayae Vellard, 1934
- Bothriurus asper Pocock, 1893
- Bothriurus bertae Abalos, 1955
- Bothriurus bocki Kraepelin, 1911
- Bothriurus bonariensis (C. L. Koch, 1842)
- Bothriurus buecherli San Martín, 1934
- Bothriurus burmeisteri Kraepelin, 1894
- Bothriurus ceii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2007
- Bothriurus cerradoensis Lourenço et al., 2004
- Bothriurus chacoensis Maury & Acosta, 1993
- Bothriurus chilensis (Molina, 1782)
- Bothriurus cordubensis Acosta, 1955
- Bothriurus coriaceus Pocock, 1893
- Bothriurus delmari Santos-da-Silva, Carvalho & Brescovit, 2017[2]
- Bothriurus dumayi (Cekalovic, 1974)
- Bothriurus flavidus Kraepelin, 1911
- Bothriurus guarani Maury, 1984
- Bothriurus huincul Mattoni, 2007
- Bothriurus illudens Mello-Leitão, 1947
- Bothriurus inermis Maury, 1981
- Bothriurus jesuita Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
- Bothriurus keyserlingi Pocock, 1893
- Bothriurus maculatus Kraepelin, 1911
- Bothriurus mochaensis Cekalovic, 1982
- Bothriurus moojeni Mello-Leitão, 1945
- Bothriurus nendai Ojanguren Affilastro & Garcia-Mauro, 2010
- Bothriurus noa Maury, 1984
- Bothriurus olaen Acosta, 1997
- Bothriurus pampa Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
- Bothriurus patagonicus Maury, 1968
- Bothriurus pichicuy Mattoni, 2002
- Bothriurus picunche Mattoni, 2002
- Bothriurus pora Mattoni & Acosta, 2005
- Bothriurus prospicuus Mello-Leitão, 1932
- Bothriurus rochai Mello-Leitão, 1932
- Bothriurus rochensis San Martín, 1965
- Bothriurus rubescens Mello-Leitão, 1947
- Bothriurus sanctacrucis Mattoni, 2007
- Bothriurus signatus Pocock, 1893
- Bothriurus sooretamensis San Martín, 1966
- Bothriurus trivittatus Werner, 1939
- Bothriurus vachoni San Martín, 1968
- Bothriurus vittatus (Guerin Meneville, 1838)
- Bothriurus voyati Maury, 1973
- Bothriurus ypsilon Mello-Leitão, 1935
References
edit- ^ Mattoni, Camilo Iván; Acosta, Luis Eduardo (2005). "A New Species of Bothriurus from Brazil (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae)". Journal of Arachnology. 33 (3): 735–744. doi:10.1636/H04-31.1. ISSN 0161-8202. S2CID 86638205.
- ^ a b Santos-Da-Silva, Andria De Paula; Carvalho, Leonardo Sousa; Brescovit, Antonio Domingos (2017). "Two new species of Bothriurus Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) from Northeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 4258 (3): 238–256. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4258.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 28609916.
External links
edit- Comportamiento Sexual y Reproducción de Bothriurus Bonariensis - 1959 film made by Lucrecia Covelo