Leiurus brachycentrus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Buthoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Scorpiones Subordo: Neoscorpionina Infraordo: Orthosternina Parvordo: Buthida Superfamilia: Buthoidea

Familia: Buthidae
Genus: Leiurus
Species: Leiurus brachycentrus

Name

Leiurus brachycentrus (Ehrenberg, 1829)

Type locality: Yemen, “Lohaie” (= Al Luhayyah: 14°42.53'N 43°12'E).

Holotype: ZMHB. male ♂. 1824–1825. legit F.W. Hemprich & C.G. Ehrenberg. ZMHB No. 141.

Synonymy

• Androctonus (Leiurus) quinquestriatus brachycentrus Ehrenberg, 1829
• Leiurus brachycentrus (Ehrenberg):
• Leiurus nasheri Kovařík, 2007: 137 (synonymized by Lowe, Yağmur & Kovařík, 2014: 5)
  • Type locality: 10 km W of Al Mansuriah, Al Hudaydah, 14°43’N 43°12’E, 110 m a.s.l.
    • Holotype: coll. František Kovařík. female ♀. 08.IV.2007. legit P. Kabátek & D. Král.

References

Additional references

• Kovařík, F. 2007. Leiurus nasheri sp. nov. from Yemen (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 71: 137–141. Reference page. 
• Lowe, G., Yağmur, E.A. & Kovařík, F. 2014. Review of the genus Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with description of four new species from the Arabian Peninsula. Euscorpius 191: 1–129. PDF. Reference page.