Éric Ythier

Éric Ythier, Ecuador, 2017.

Éric Ythier (born 1978), French arachnologist, entomologist and ecotoxicologist.

SynTech Research, La Chapelle de Guinchay, France.

Taxon names authored

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• 81 taxon names authored by Éric Ythier

Eponyms

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• 1 eponym of Éric Ythier

Publications

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2006

• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2006. Description of a new species of Hottentota Birula 1908, (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the Cape Verde Islands. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 38: 71–75. Reference page. 

2007

• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2007. Confirmation of reproduction by parthenogenesis in Hottentotta hottentotta (Fabricius) (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Acta Biológica Paranaense 36: 213–217.
• Lourenço, W.R., Ythier, E. & Cloudsley-Thompson, J. 2007. Parthenogenesis in Hottentotta caboverdensis Lourenço & Ythier, 2006 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Cape Verde islands. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 41: 193–196.

2008

• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2008. A new species of Chaerilus Simon, 1877 (Scorpiones, Chaerilidae) from the Philippines. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 42: 27–31. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Ythier, E. & Cloudsley-Thompson, J. 2008. Notes on the postembrionic development of Tityus melanostictus Pocock, 1893 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Trinidad. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 15(178): 7–13.
• Lourenço, W.R., Ythier, E. & Cloudsley-Thompson, J. 2008. Observations on the life history of Chaerilus philippinus Lourenço & Ythier, 2008 (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae) from the Philippines. Comptes Rendus Biologies 331: 896–900.

2009

• Lourenço, W.R., Ythier, E. & Leguin, E.-A. 2009. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Morocco (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 89: 1–8. PDF Reference page. 
• Iorio, E. & Ythier, E. 2009. Quelques observations concernant la reproduction d'Ethmostigmus trigonopodus (Leach, 1817) (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae, Otostigminae). Le bulletin d'Arthropoda 33: 3-12.

2010

• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2010. Another new species of Pseudouroplectes Lourenco, 1995 from Madagascar (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 48: 1–9. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. 2010. Additional biological data on Tityus ythieri Lourenço, 2007. Le bulletin d'Arthropoda 44: 3–7.
• Ythier, E. 2010. A new locality for Hottentotta caboverdensis Lourenço & Ythier, 2006. Le bulletin d'Arthropoda 44: 8-11.
• Ythier, E. & Stockmann, R. 2011. Scorpions du Monde. 2010. N.A.P. Éditions, France. 567 pp.

2011

• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2011. A new species of Guyanochactas Lourenco, 1998 (Scorpiones, Chactidae) from French Guyana. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 48: 203–206. Reference page. 

2013

• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2013. The remarkable scorpion diversity in the Ecuadorian Andes and description of a new species of Tityus C. L. Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 307: 15–33. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.307.5334 . Reference page. 

2015

• Ythier, E. 2015. A new species of Auyantepuia González-Sponga, 1978 (Scorpiones, Chactidae) from French Guiana. Zookeys 539: 94–109. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.539.6664 Reference page. 

2017

• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2017. The geographical patterns of distribution of the genus Teuthraustes Simon, 1878 in Ecuador and description of three new species (Scorpiones, Chactidae). ZooKeys 721: 45–63. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.721.21529. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2017. Description of Tityus (Atreus) cisandinus sp. n. from Ecuadorian Amazonia, with comments on some related species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana XV: 18–34. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2017. Embryonic and post-embryonic developments of the Malagasy scorpion Palaeocheloctonus septentrionalis Lourenço & Wilmé, 2015 (Scorpiones: Hormuridae). Onychium 13: 17–24.

2018

• Ythier, E. 2018. A synopsis of the scorpion fauna of French Guiana, with description of four new species. ZooKeys 764: 27–90. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. 2018. A new species of Mesobuthus Vachon, 1950 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Crete (Greece). Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 32: 87–92. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. 2018. A new species of Auyantepuia González-Sponga, 1978 (Scorpiones, Chactidae) from Brazil. Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 20: 13–22.
• Ythier, E. 2018. On the contribution of Wilson R. Lourenço to the knowledge of the scorpion fauna of French Guiana. Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana Anno IV, Volume XVII: 7–11.
• Ythier, E. 2018. On the contribution of Wilson R. Lourenço to the knowledge of the scorpion fauna of Ecuador. Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana Anno IV, Volume XVII: 18–23.

2019

• Ythier, E. 2019a. A new species of Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980, from China (Scorpiones, Scorpiopidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 124(2): 189–196. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. 2019. On the genus Oiclus Simon, 1880 (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae) in Guadeloupe islands, with description of three new species. Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana Anno V, Volume XXII: 17–49.
• Ythier, E. 2019. A new species of Megachactops Ochoa, Rojas-Runjaic, Pinto-Da-Rocha & Prendini, 2013 (Scorpiones: Chactidae) from Colombia. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 34: 69–75.

2020

• Ythier, E., Chevalier, J. & Gangadin, A. 2020. Description of Tityus (Archaeotityus) kukututee sp. n. from Suriname, with comments on related species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana Anno VI, Volume XXVII: 36–51. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E., Chevalier, J. & Lourenço, W.R. 2020. A synopsis of the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in French Guiana, with description of four new species. Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana Anno VI, Volume XXVIII: 2–33. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Chevalier, J., Gangadin, A. & Ythier, E. 2020. Description of a new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891, from Suriname (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 125(3): 233–239. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Chevalier, J. 2020. Description of the males of Auyantepuia aluku Ythier, 2018, A. kelleri (Lourenço, 1997) and A. laurae Ythier, 2015, from French Guiana (Scorpiones, Chactidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 125(3): 257–268. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Richard, T. 2020. Description of a new cave-dwelling species of Liocheles Sundevall, 1833 (Scorpiones: Hormuridae) from Sumatra. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 37: 159–164.

2021

• Ythier, E. & Dupré, G. 2021. Description of a new species of Hottentotta Birula, 1908, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Faunitaxys 9(5): 1–5.
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2021. A particular new species of Orthochirus Karsch, 1891 from Somalia (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket 17(4): 335–349. BHL Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. 2021. The genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in France with description of a new species from the Eastern Pyrenees Faunitaxys 9(38): 1–10. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. 2021a. Two new species of Hadruroides Pocock, 1893 from Peru and Ecuador (Scorpiones, Caraboctonidae). Faunitaxys 9(11): 1–8. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. 2021b. The southwesternmost scorpion species in Europe: Buthus gabani sp. n. from Cape St. Vincent, Algarve, Portugal (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 9(25): 1–6. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. 2021. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from the Sahelian wooded steppes of Burkina Faso (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 9(31): 1–7. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. 2021d. A new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from the savannas of Burkina Faso (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 9(40): 1–5. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E., Sadine, S.E., Haddadi, M.L. & Lourenço, W.R. 2021. A new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae) and an interesting new case of vicariance. Faunitaxys 9(21): 1–9. Reference page. 

2022

• Ythier, E. 2022. A new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 from Western Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 10(28): 1–6. DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(28) Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. 2022. A new species of Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861 from the dry savannah formations of southern Madagascar (Scorpiones: Hormuridae). Faunitaxys 10(45): 1–7.
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2022. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Western Sahara (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket 18(3): 239–251. BHL ResearchGate PDF Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2022. A new species of Lychas C. L. Koch, 1845 from Thailand (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 10(26): 1–7. PDF. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E., Jourdan, T. & Malglaive, L. 2022. The Scorpions of Petite Terre, Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles, with description of a new species of Oiclus Simon, 1880 (Scorpiones, Buthidae, Diplocentridae). » Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 127(2): 187–201.
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2022. The genus Teuthraustes Simon, 1878 (Scorpiones: Chactidae) in Brazil with description of a new species. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40: 119–125.
• Ythier, E. & Laborieux, L. 2022. The genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in France with description of a new species from the Sainte-Baume Massif. Faunitaxys vol. 10, no 47, p. 1–13. Online. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2022. First record of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 from Kenya (Scorpiones: Buthidae) and description of a new species. Serket 19(1): 1–6. BHL PDF. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Chevalier, J. & Ythier, E. 2022. Second record of the genus Spinochactas Lourenço, 2016 in French Guiana and description of a new species (Scorpiones: Chactidae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 1–7. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2022.2130505 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2022. A new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861, subgenus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Laos (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae). Faunitaxys 10(27): 1–9. Reference page. 

2023

• Ythier, E. & François, A. 2023. The scorpion fauna of the Oriental region in Morocco (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae) with description of three new species of the genus Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758. Faunitaxys 11(3): 1–15. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2023. Two new scorpion species from Central Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones: Buthidae).Faunitaxys 11(8): 1–8. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2023. A new species of Buthiscus Birula, 1905 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Adrar des Ifoghas, Mali . Faunitaxys 11(22): 1–7. Reference page. 
• Badry, A., Saleh, M., Sarhan, M.M.H., Younes, M., Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2023. A new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Sinai, Egypt and comments on its relationships with L. quinquestriatus and L. hebraeus using morphological and molecular evidence. Faunitaxys 11(54): 1–10. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Giupponi, A.P.L 2023. A new whip spider species of the genus Charinus Simon, 1892 (Amblypygi: Charinidae) from French Guiana. Faunitaxys 11(54): 1–10.
• Ythier, É. & Audibert, C. 2023. A new species of Pandinus Thorell, 1876 from the Sahelian wooded steppes of Burkina Faso (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). Serket 19(4): 398–411. PDF. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. 2023. A new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from the Atlantic coast of Morocco (Scorpiones: Buthidae) Faunitaxys 11(69): 1–7. DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(69) Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. 2023. A new species of the genus Opistophthalmus C. L. Koch, 1837 from Namibia (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). Faunitaxys 11(23): 1–6. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2023. A new species of Hadruroides Pocock, 1893 from Peru (Scorpiones, Caraboctonidae). Faunitaxys 11(76): 1–7.

2024

• Chevalier, J. & Ythier, E. 2024. Scorpions du bagne des Annamites & de la Réserve naturelle régionale Trésor. Réserve naturelle régionale Trésor, 14 pp.
• Ythier, E., Sadine, Bengaid & Lourenço 2024. A new species of Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758 from Algeria (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae) and a new case of vicariance. Arachnides 113: 1–10.
• Sadine, S. E., Souilem, Z., Chedad, A., Chebihi, B., Zebsa, R., Houhamdi, M., Lourenço, W. R., & Ythier, E. 2023. A new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 from the Algerian Saharan Desert (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 12(09): 1–9.
• Ythier, E. 2024. A new high-elevation species of the genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908 Linnaeus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Tibet, China. Arachnides 114: 1–9.
• Nawanetiwong, W., Košulič, O., Warrit, N., Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2024. A new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861, subgenus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Thailand (Scorpiones, Scorpiopidae). ZooKeys 1193: 161–170. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1193.113398
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, É. 2024. A new African species of the genus Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1928 from Mali (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket, the Arachnological Bulletin of the Middle East and North Africa 20(2): 58–67. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, É. 2024a. A new contribution to the genus Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861 and in particular to the African species of the subgenus Nepabellus Francke, 1974 with the description of a new species from Mozambique (Scorpiones: Hormuridae). Serket 20(3): 205-214. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. 2024. A new high-altitude scorpion species of the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Ananteridae) from the Pico da Neblina, Brazil. Faunitaxys 12(19): 1–9. DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-12(19) Reference page. 
• Ythier, E., Ramage, T., Jourdan, T., Giupponi, A.P.L. & Coulis, M. 2024. Two new whip spider species of the genus Charinus Simon, 1892, from Guadeloupe and Martinique, Lesser Antilles (Amblypygi, Charinidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 129(2): 163–177. DOI: 10.32475/bsef_2339 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2024. A new cave species of Chaerilus Simon, 1877 from Myanmar (Scorpiones, Chaerilidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 44: 51-56
• Ythier, E. 2024. The biogeographic pattern of the scorpion family Ananteridae Pocock, 1900 (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Poster presented at 34th European Congress of Arachnology, 26-30 August 2024, Rennes, Brittany, France.
• Ythier, É. & Lourenço, W.R. 2024. A new species of Hadrurochactas Pocock, 1893 (Scorpiones: Chactidae) from the Mitaraka Massif in French Guiana. Faunitaxys 12(59): 1–9. Online. Reference page. 
• Ythier, É. & Dupré, G. 2024. Les scorpions de la Guyane Française (Arachnida : Scorpiones). Arachnides 118: 1–8.
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, É. 2024. A new contribution to the genus Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861 and in particular to the African species of the subgenus Nepabellus Francke, 1974 with the description of a new species from Mozambique (Scorpiones: Hormuridae). Serket, the Arachnological Bulletin of the Middle East and North Africa 20(3): 205-214.
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, É. 2024. The postembryonic development of Centruroides ochraceus (Pocock, 1898) from Yucatan, Mexico (Scorpiones: Buthidae), with comments on parthenogenesis. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 45: 119-122.

2025

• Lourenço, W.R., El-Hennawy, H.K. & Ythier, E. 2025. A further new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the South of Niger and confirmation of the extension of the distribution range of the genus to the Southern zones of the Sahara Desert. Serket 21(1): 1-11. Reference page. 
• Ythier, É., Ait Hammou, M., El Bouhissi, M. & Mairif, M. 2025. Redescription of Scorpio trarasensis Bouisset & Larrouy, 1962 and update on the distribution of the genus Scorpio linnaeus, 1758 in Northern Algeria (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). Arachnides 120: 1–10.
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, É. 2025. A new cave species of Isometrus Ehrenberg 1828 from Myanmar (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 13(04): 1-6.
• Ythier, É., Sadine, S.E., Alioua, Y. & Lourenço, W.R. 2025. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from the Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 13(08): 1–8. DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(08) Reference page. 
• Ythier, É. 2025. Description of the female of the myrmecophilous whip spider Charinus lalylaurarum Ythier & Giupponi, 2023 from French Guiana (Amblypygi: Charinidae). Arachnides 121: 1–7.
• Ythier, E. & Ramage, T. 2025. Synopsis of the scorpions (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Diplocentridae) of Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles, with description of a new species of Oiclus Simon, 1880 from La Désirade. Faunitaxys 13(23): 1-12.
• Ythier, É. & Ullrich, A. & 2025. A new species of Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 from Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket, the Arachnological Bulletin of the Middle East and North Africa 20(4): 383-392. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E., Košulič, O., Nawanetiwong, W. & Lourenço, W.R. 2025. A newly discovered species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861, subgenus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Doi Phu Kha National Park, Thailand (Scorpiones, Scorpiopidae). ZooKeys 1241: 171–184. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1241.142549 Reference page. 
• Ythier, É. & Lourenço, W.R. 2025. A new species of Chaerilus Simon, 1877 from Pakistan (Scorpiones, Chaerilidae). Faunitaxys 1327: 1-6.  Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, É. 2025. A new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Ananteridae) from the Inini-Camopi Massif in French Guiana. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 46: 67-102.
• Ythier, E., Chevalier, J. & Lourenço, W.R. 2025. Cloud forest scorpions: a new species of Guyanochactas Lourenço, 1998 (Scorpiones, Chactidae) from Mount Itoupé in French Guiana. Faunitaxys 13(48): 1-9.
• Lourenço, W.R., El-Hennawhy, H. & Ythier, E. 2025. A further new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the South of Niger and confirmation of the extension of the distribution range of the genus to the Southern zones of the Sahara Desert. Serket 21(2): 1-11.