Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Scorpiones
Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia: Bothriuridae
Genus: Orobothriurus
Species: Orobothriurus grismadoi

Name

Orobothriurus grismadoi Ojanguren Affilastro, Campón, Silnik, & Mattoni, 2009: 29 figs. 1, 3–13, 15–17, 20–24, 35, Tables 1 & 2

Holotype: MACN-Ar, 17986, ♂, Fernández Campón & Lagos Silnik coll.
Type locality: ARGENTINA, Mendoza Province, Malargüe Department, Cerro Nevado. Holotype male: 35º35’45.06"S; 68º30´24.12"W, 3130 m a.s.l.
Paratypes: Same data, 6 males, 2 females (MACN-Ar 17987); 2 males (CDA); 1 juvenile (IADIZA). 35º36´2.46"S; 68º30´40.92"W, 2953 m a.s.l., Fernández Campón & Lagos Silnik coll., 25/II/2006, 5 males (IADIZA), 1 male (AMNH); II/2006, 1 male (AMNH.35º36´4,08"S 68º30´44,28"W, 2949 m a.s.l., Fernández Campón & Lagos Silnik coll., 7/I/2006, 1 juvenile, (IADIZA). 35º36´4,08"S 68º30´44,28"W, 2900 m a.s.l., G. Flores coll., 16/XI/2004, 1 female (CDA).
Etymology: This species is named after the Argentinean arachnologist Cristian Grismado from the MACN, who has been very helpful identifying part of the spiders collected in the Andean campaigns of the IADIZA and providing information on the subject, whenever he was asked.

References

  • Ojanguren Affilastro, Campón, Silnik & Mattoni, 2009: The genus Orobothriurus Maury in central Argentina with description of a new species from El Nevado mountain chain in Mendoza Province (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae). Zootaxa, 2209: 28–42.
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