Opisthacanthus

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Hormuridae
Genus: Opisthacanthus
Species:
O. aequispinus –
O. africanus –
O. ambanja –
O. andohahela –
O. antsiranana –
O. asper –
O. autanensis –
O. basutus –
O. borboremai –
O. brevicauda –
O. capensis –
O. cayaporum –
O. darainensis –
O. diremptus –
O. elatus –
O. faillei –
O. heurtaultae –
O. laevipes –
O. lamorali –
O. lavasoa –
O. lecomtei –
O. lepturus –
O. lourencoi –
O. lucienneae –
O. maculatus –
O. madagascariensis –
O. milloti –
O. mossambicensis –
O. pauliani –
O. piceus –
O. piscatorius –
O. rugiceps –
O. rugulosus –
O. surinamensis –
O. titanus –
O. valerioi –
O. validus –
O. weyrauchi
Name
[edit]Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861
- Type species: Ischnurus elatus Gervais, 1844
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Peters W. 1861. Eine neue Untergattung von Skorpionen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Jahrgang 1861: 426–427. [original description]
Additional references
[edit]- Lourenço, W.R. & Goodman, S.M. 2006. A reappraisal of the geographical distribution of the genus Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Liochelidae) in Madagascar, including the description of four new species. Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 38: 11−23. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
- Lourenço, W.R. & Wilmé, L. 2019. Scorpions from the Parc National du Tsingy de Namoroka, Madagascar and description of a new species of Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Hormuridae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 34: 13-20. Reference page.
- Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2024a. A new contribution to the genus Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861 and in particular to the African species of the subgenus Nepabellus Francke, 1974 with the description of a new species from Mozambique (Scorpiones: Hormuridae). Serket 20(3): 205-214. Reference page.