Brachistosternus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Bothriuridae
Genus: Brachistosternus
Pocock, 1893

Brachistosternus is a scorpion genus in the Bothriuridae family.[1] B. ehrenbergii is the most cited species in the genus.[2] The genus is distributed in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru.[3]

Species

Brachistosternus contains the following fifty species:[4]

  • Brachistosternus aconcagua Ojanguren Affilastro & Luisa-Scioscia, 2007
  • Brachistosternus alienus Lönnberg, 1898
  • Brachistosternus anandrovestigia Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
  • Brachistosternus andinus Chamberlin, 1916
  • Brachistosternus angustimanus Ojanguren Affilastro & Roig Alsina, 2001
  • Brachistosternus artigasi Cekalovic, 1974
  • Brachistosternus barrigai Ojanguren Affilastro & Pizarro-Araya, 2014
  • Brachistosternus castroi Mello-Leitao, 1940 (nomen dubium)
  • Brachistosternus cekalovici Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005
  • Brachistosternus cepedai Ojanguren Affilastro, Augusto, Pizarro-Araya & Mattoni, 2007
  • Brachistosternus chango Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2007
  • Brachistosternus chilensis Kraepelin, 1911
  • Brachistosternus chimba Ojanguren Affilastro, Alfaro & Pizarro-Araya, 2021
  • Brachistosternus contisuyu Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
  • Brachistosternus coquimbo Ojanguren Affilastro, Augusto, Pizarro-Araya & Mattoni, 2007
  • Brachistosternus donosoi Cekalovic, 1974
  • Brachistosternus ehrenbergii (Gervais, 1841)
  • Brachistosternus ferrugineus (Thorell, 1876)
  • Brachistosternus gayi Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
  • Brachistosternus galianoae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
  • Brachistosternus holmbergi Carbonell, 1923 (nomen dubium)
  • Brachistosternus intermedius Lönnberg, 1902
  • Brachistosternus kamanchaca Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2007
  • Brachistosternus kovariki Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
  • Brachistosternus llullaillaco Ojanguren Affilastro, Alfaro & Pizarro-Araya, 2021
  • Brachistosternus mattonii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005
  • Brachistosternus misti Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
  • Brachistosternus montanus Roig Alsina, 1977
  • Brachistosternus multidentatus Maury, 1984
  • Brachistosternus negrei Cekalovic, 1975
  • Brachistosternus ninapo Ochoa, 2004
  • Brachistosternus ochoai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2004
  • Brachistosternus paposo Ojanguren Affilastro & Pizarro-Araya, 2014
  • Brachistosternus paulae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
  • Brachistosternus pegnai Cekalovic, 1969
  • Brachistosternus pentheri Mello-Leitao, 1931
  • Brachistosternus perettii Ojanguren Affilastro & Mattoni, 2006
  • Brachistosternus peruvianus Toledo Piza, 1974
  • Brachistosternus philippii Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
  • Brachistosternus piacentinii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
  • Brachistosternus prendinii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
  • Brachistosternus quiscapata Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
  • Brachistosternus roigalsinai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
  • Brachistosternus sciosciae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
  • Brachistosternus simoneae Lourenço, 2000 (nomen dubium)
  • Brachistosternus telteca Ojanguren Affilastro, 2000
  • Brachistosternus titicaca Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
  • Brachistosternus turpuq Ochoa, 2002
  • Brachistosternus weyenberghi (Thorell, 1876)
  • Brachistosternus zambrunoi Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002

References

  1. ↑ Jan Ove Rein (2012). "Bothriuridae Simon, 1880". The Scorpion Files. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ José A. Ochoai; André S.A. Ojanguren Affilastro (April 2007). "Systematics and distribution of Brachistosternus (Brachistosternus) ehrenbergii (Gervais, 1841), with the first record of stridulation in this genus Brachistosternus (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae)" (PDF). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 42 (1): 61. doi:10.1080/01650520600800310. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ W. David Sissom (1990). Gary A. Polis (ed.). "Systematics, Biogeography, and Paleontology". The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press: 88. ISBN 0804712492.
  4. ↑ Rein, Jan Ove (2022). "Bothriuridae Pocock, 1893". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 10 April 2022.


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