Jordanius

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: Scorpionidae
Genus: Jordanius
Species: J. granulomanus – J. maysaraensis

Name

Jordanius Abu Afifeh et al., 2024.

Type species: Scorpio granulomanus Al-Saraireh, Yağmur, Abu Afifeh & Amr, 2023

Gender: masculine

Synonymy

• Jordanius Abu Afifeh Yağmur, Al-Saraireh & Amr, 2024: 5. (Protonym)

[But see: opinion of Prendini, 2026: 326, 377, as junior subjective synonym of Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758]

References

Primary references

• Abu Afifeh, B., Yağmur, E.A., Al-Saraireh, M. & Amr, Z.S. 2024. Revision of the genus Scorpio in Jordan, with a description of a new genus and three new species (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). Euscorpius 391: 1-66. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Al-Saraireh, M., Yağmur, E.A., Abu Afifeh, B. & Amr, Z.S. 2023. A new species of Scorpio from Jordan (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). Euscorpius 369: 1-17. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Prendini, L. 2026. All genera of the world: Order Scorpiones (Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida). Megataxa 019(2): 270–378. PDF DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.19.2.2 Reference page. 

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