Apistobuthus

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 characteristics.[4]

Apistobuthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Apistobuthus
Finnegan, 1932
Species [1]

References
  1. Jan Ove Rein (2012). "Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837". The Scorpion Files. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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