Androctonus australis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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

Familia: Buthidae
Genus: Androctonus
Species: Androctonus australis

Name

Androctonus australis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: "Africa"

Typus: Holotype Male ♂, UUZM [?]

Synonymy

Scorpio australis Linnaeus, 1758: 625. (Original combination)

Androctonus hector C.L. Koch, 1839: 6-8, Pl. CLXXXI, fig. 433. (Junior synonym of Androctonus australis in Kraepelin, 1891: 32).
- Type locality: "North Africa"
  - Typus: [Lost?] Syntypes: 3 Female ♀.
Androctonus australis hector C.L. Koch, 1839; after Kraepelin, 1891.
Androctonus priamus C.L. Koch, 1839: 45-46, pl. CLVII, fig. 366 (synonymized by Kraepelin, 1891: 32).
- Type locality: Java", incorrect locality, probably North Africa (per Fet & Lowe, 2000: 68).
  - Typus: [Lost?]

Androctonus australis africanus Lamy, Le Pape & Weill, 1974: 3223-3226; Fet & Lowe 2000: 69. (Junior synonym of Androctonus australis by Lourenço, 2005: 147)
- Type locality: Tunisia, Tozeur (=Tawzar)
  - Typus: [Lost? (Depository unknown)] Syntypes: 1 Female, Juveniles

Androctonus australis garzonii Goyffon & Lamy, 1973: 137-144, fig. 1-3; Fet & Lowe 2000: 70. (Junior synonym of Androctonus australis by Lourenço, 2005: 147)
- Type locality: Tunisia, Tozeur (=Tawzar)
  - Typus: [Lost? (Depository unknown)] Syntypes: Unknown

Note: UNFINISHED. See others in Fet & Lowe, 2000: 68, some later elsewhere. Different subspecies are listed as valid in various works. Per Lourenço, 2005, three subspecies were recognised by Vachon, 1952

Androctonus australis australis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Androctonus australis hector C.L. Koch, 1839 (synonym after Kraepelin, 1891 per Fet & Lowe 2000).
Androctonus australis libycus Ehrenberg, 1828.

Else for: Androctonus australis baluchicus see Androctonus baluchicus.
' Else for: Androctonus australis finitimus see Androctonus finitimus

Vernacular names

English: Yellow Fattail Scorpion
magyar: Vastagfarkú skorpió

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Fet, V.Y. & Lowe, G. 2000. Family Buthidae C.L Koch, 1837. Pp. 54–286 in Fet, V., Sissom, W.D., Lowe, G. & Braunwalder, M.E. (Editors). Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758–1998). The New York Entomological Society, New York. 690 pp. Reference page.
Lourenço, W.R. 2005. Nouvelles considerations taxonomiques sur les espèces du genre Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 et description de deux nouvelles espèces (Scorpione, Buthidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 112(1): 145–171. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80291 Reference page.

Additional references

Links

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