Bothriuridae

The Bothriuridae are a family of scorpions, comprising 151 species in 16 genera.[1]

Bothriuridae
Cercophonius squama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Superfamily: Scorpionoidea
Family: Bothriuridae
Simon, 1880

The family has representatives in temperate and subtropical habitats from four continents: South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. One genus (Cercophonius) has recently been discovered in the Himalayas.

The members of this family have a unique feature - the normally pentagonal sternum consists of two transverse bars (except Liposoma and Tehuankea) and is several times broader than long.

Genus and species
Bothriurus Peters, 1861
  • 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 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
Brachistosternus Pocock, 1893
  • Brachistosternus aconcagua Ojanguren Affilastro & Luisa-Scioscia, 2007
  • Brachistosternus alienus Lönnberg, 1898
  • Brachistosternus andinus Chamberlin, 1916
  • Brachistosternus angustimanus Ojanguren Affilastro & Roig Alsina, 2001
  • Brachistosternus artigasi Cekalovic, 1974
  • Brachistosternus castroi Mello-Leitão, 1940
  • Brachistosternus cekalovici Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005
  • Brachistosternus cepedai Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2007
  • Brachistosternus chango Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2007
  • Brachistosternus chilensis Kraepelin, 1911
  • Brachistosternus coquimbo Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2007
  • Brachistosternus donosoi Cekalovic, 1974
  • Brachistosternus ehrenbergii (Gervais, 1841)
  • Brachistosternus ferrugineus (Thorell, 1876)
  • Brachistosternus galianoae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
  • Brachistosternus holmbergi Carbonell, 1923 [nomen dubium]
  • Brachistosternus intermedius Lönnberg, 1902
  • Brachistosternus kamanchaca Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2007
  • Brachistosternus kovariki Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
  • Brachistosternus mattonii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005
  • Brachistosternus montanus Roig Alsina, 1977
  • Brachistosternus multidentatus Maury, 1984
  • Brachistosternus negrei Cekalovic, 1975
  • Brachistosternus ninapo Ochoa, 2004
  • Brachistosternus ochoai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2004
  • Brachistosternus paulae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
  • Brachistosternus pegnai Cekalovic, 1969
  • Brachistosternus pentheri Mello-Leitão, 1931
  • Brachistosternus perettii Ojanguren Affilastro & Mattoni, 2006
  • Brachistosternus peruvianus Toledo Piza, 1974
  • Brachistosternus piacentinii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
  • Brachistosternus prendini Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
  • Brachistosternus quiscapata Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
  • Brachistosternus roigalsinai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
  • Brachistosternus sciosciae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
  • Brachistosternus simoneae Lourenço, 2000
  • Brachistosternus telteca Ojanguren Affilastro, 2000
  • Brachistosternus titicaca Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
  • Brachistosternus turpuq Ochoa, 2002
  • Brachistosternus weyenberghi (Thorell, 1876)
  • Brachistosternus zambrunoi Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
Brandbergia Prendini, 2003
  • Brandbergia haringtoni Prendini, 2003
Brazilobothriurus Lourenço & Monod, 2000
  • Brazilobothriurus pantanalensis Lourenço & Monod, 2000
Centromachetes Lønnberg, 1897
  • Centromachetes obscurus Mello-Leitão, 1932
  • Centromachetes pocockii (Kraepelin, 1894)
  • Centromachetes titschaki (Werner, 1939)
Cercophonius Peters, 1861
Lisposoma Lawrence, 1928
  • Lisposoma elegans Lawrence, 1928
  • Lisposoma joseehermana Lamoral, 1979
Orobothriurus Maury, 1975
  • Orobothriurus alticola (Pocock, 1899)
  • Orobothriurus ampay Ochoa & Acosta, 2003
  • Orobothriurus atiquipa Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
  • Orobothriurus calchaqui Ochoa et al., 2011
  • Orobothriurus compagnuccii Ochoa et al., 2011
  • Orobothriurus curvidigitus (Kraepelin, 1911)
  • Orobothriurus famatina Acosta & Ochoa, 2001
  • Orobothriurus grismadoi Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2009
  • Orobothriurus huascaran Ochoa et al., 2011
  • Orobothriurus paessleri (Kraepelin, 1911)
  • Orobothriurus parvus Maury, 1975
  • Orobothriurus quewerukana Ochoa et al., 2011
  • Orobothriurus ramirezi Ochoa et al., 2011
  • Orobothriurus tamarugal Ochoa et al., 2011
  • Orobothriurus wawita Acosta & Ochoa, 2000
Pachakutej Ochoa, 2004
  • Pachakutej crassimanus (Maury, 1975)
  • Pachakutej inca (Maury, 1975)
  • Pachakutej iskay (Acosta & Ochoa, 2001)
  • Pachakutej juchuicha Ochoa, 2004
  • Pachakutej oscari Ochoa, 2004
  • Pachakutej peruvianus (Mello-Leitão, 1948)
Phoniocercus Pocock, 1893
  • Phoniocercus pictus Pocock, 1893
  • Phoniocercus sanmartini Cekalovic, 1968
Rumikiru Ojanguren-Affilastro et al., 2012
  • Rumikiru atacama Ojanguren-Affilastro et al., 2012
  • Rumikiru lourençoi (Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003)
Tehuankea Cekalovic, 1973
  • Tehuankea moyanoi Cekalovic, 1973
Thestylus Simon, 1880
  • Thestylus aurantiurus Yamaguti & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2003
  • Thestylus glasioui Bertkau, 1880
  • Thestylus signatus Mello-Leitão, 1931 [species inquirenda]
Timogenes Simon, 1880
  • Timogenes dorbignyi (Guérin Méneville, 1843)
  • Timogenes elegans (Mello-Leitão, 1931)
  • Timogenes haplochirus Maury & Roig Alsina, 1977
  • Timogenes mapuche Maury, 1975
  • Timogenes sumatranus Simon, 1880
Urophonius Pocock, 1893
  • Urophonius achalensis Abalos & Hominal, 1974
  • Urophonius brachycentrus (Thorell, 1876)
  • Urophonius eugenicus (Mello-Leitão, 1931)
  • Urophonius exochus (Penther, 1913)
  • Urophonius granulatus Pocock, 1898
  • Urophonius iheringi Pocock, 1893
  • Urophonius mahuidensis Maury, 1973
  • Urophonius martinezi Ojanguren Affilastro & Cheli, 2009
  • Urophonius mondacai Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2011
  • Urophonius pizarroi Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2010
  • Urophonius somuncura Acosta, 2003
  • Urophonius transandinus Acosta, 1998
  • Urophonius tregualemuensis Cekalovic, 1981
  • Urophonius tumbensis Cekalovic, 1981
Vachonia Abalos, 1954
  • Vachonia martinezi Abalos, 1954

References
  1. Jan Ove Rein (2012). "Bothriuridae Simon, 1880". The Scorpion Files. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
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