Jordanius maysaraensis

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

Jordanius maysaraensis Abu Afifeh et al., 2024

Type locality: Jordan, Balqa Governorate, Al Ardha road, 2.7 kilometres northwest of Maysara (32°08'02.4N 35°39'44.2E) 447 meters elevation

Typus: Holotype Male ♂, AZMM/Sco-2022:10, legit B. Abu Afifeh, 11.V.2022.

Jordanius maysaraensis Abu Afifeh, Yağmur, Al-Saraireh & Amr, 2024: 6, Figs. 5, 9–74, 77–78, 363, 369, 374; Table 1. (Original combination)
Scorpio maysaraensis (Abu Afifeh et al., 2024); per Prendini, 2026: 326 (As an explicit recombination plus generic synonym)

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.
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.