Androctonus burkinensis

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 burkinensis

Name

Androctonus burkinensis Ythier, & 2021

Type locality: Burkina Faso ("Haute-Volta" per original specimen label), Sahel region, Seno Province, Dori

Typus: Holotype Male ♂, MHNL-47023139, legit P. Grivot, 25.XII.1982.

Synonymy

• Androctonus burkinensis Ythier, 2021: 2, Fig. 1-10, Table I. (Original combination)

(See also Androctonus amoreuxi (part) in Prost, 1982: 5; Fet et al., 2000: 66; Dupré, 2019: 3, as potential misidentifications per Ythier, 2021).

References

Primary references

• 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. 

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