Androctonus sistanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina

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

Familia: Buthidae
Genus: Androctonus
Species: Androctonus sistanus

Name

Androctonus sistanus Barahoei & Mirshamsi, 2022.

Type locality: Iran, Sistan & Baluchistan Province, Zabol, Hamun, Koush-e Sofla village (30°51′N, 61°26′E), 482 meters elevation.

Typus: Holotype Male ♂, ZMFUM-scr-1549, legit E. Mirshekar, 03.VIII.2018; Paratype 2 ale ♂ (other locations and data, DPPZ, MHNG)

Synonymy

• Androctonus sistanus Barahoei & Mirshamsi, 2022: 202, Figs. 3–7. (Original combination)

Else see suggested misidentifications in Barahoei et al., 2022: 202:

• Androctonus amoreuxi baluchicus per Vachon, 1966: 209; Habibi, 1971: 42.
• Androctonus finitimus per Mir et al., 2014: 19.
• Androctonus robustus per Yağmur et al., 2016: 1–3, figs 1–2.
• Androctonus baluchicus per Barahoei et al., 2020: 378, fig. 2.

References

Primary references

• Barahoei, H., Mirshamsi, O., Sanchouli, N., Ghafouri Moghaddam, M., Lehmann-Graber, C. & Monod, L. 2022. Review of Androctonus baluchicus (Pocock, 1900) with description of new species from Iran (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Arthropoda Selecta 31(2): 197–212. PDF Reference page. 

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