Guyanochactas

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: Chactidae
Genus: Guyanochactas
Species: G. flavus – G. gonzalezspongai – G. goujei – G. itoupe – G. mascarenhasi – G. touroulti

Name

Guyanochactas Lourenço, 1998

References

Primary references

• Lourenço, W.R. 1998. Un nouveau genre de scorpion amazonien appartenant à la famille des Chactidae (Chelicerata, Scorpiones). Revue Arachnologique, 12(12): 129-134. [original description]

Additional references

• Lourenço, W.R. 2018a. The scorpions from the Mitaraka Massif in French Guiana (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chactidae). Zoosystema 40(14): 367-374. Reference page. 
• 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. Reference page.