Apistobuthus
| Apistobuthus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Apistobuthus Finnegan, 1932 |
| Species [1] | |
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Apistobuthus is a genus of scorpions in the family Buthidae. It was described by Susan Finnegan in 1932,[2] and was for a long time considered to be monotypic, containing the single species A. pterygocercus. In 1998, a second species, A. susanae was described by Wilson Lourenço; its specific epithet commemorates Susan Finnegan.[3] A. susanae differs from A. pterygocercus in having stouter legs and pedipalps, among other characters.[4]
References
- ↑ Jan Ove Rein (2012). "Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837". The Scorpion Files. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
- ↑ Susan Finnegan (1932). "Report on the scorpions collected by Mr. Bertram Thomas in Arabia". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 38 (258): 91–98. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1932.tb00695.x.
- ↑ W. R. Lourenço (1998). "A new species of Apistobuthus Finnegan, 1932 (Chelicerata, Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Iran". Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 12 (157): 237–244.
- ↑ Shahrokh Navidpoura and Graeme Lowe (2009). "Revised diagnosis and redescription of Apistobuthus susanae (Scorpiones, Buthidae)". Journal of Arachnology 37 (1): 45–59. doi:10.1636/H08-44.1.
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