Orobothriurus alticola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Scorpiones Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia: Bothriuridae
Genus: Orobothriurus
Species: Orobothriurus alticola

Name

Orobothriurus alticola (Pocock, 1899)

Syntypes: (BMNH, 1 male, 1 female.

Type locality: ARGENTINA, Mendoza Province , Puente del Inca, 32º49’9.15”S, 69º55’1.82”W, 2721 m a.s.l.

Synonyms

• Bothriurus alticola Pocock 1899: 357–358, Fig. 1. Lowe & Fet 2000 (Complete syonymic list until 1998). Acosta 2002: 176, 177; Acosta 2005: 1, 2, 8, 9 12. Acosta & Ochoa 2000: 135, 136, 143; Acosta & Ochoa 2001: 203–205, 208, 209. Ojanguren-Affilastro 2005: 176, 178, 179, 180, 220, 241.
• Cercophonius brachycentrus bivittatus Thorell 1877: 183. Acosta 2005; Acosta 2006: 20–21. Ojanguren-Affilastro 2005: 181–183, 220, 241. ICZN 2008: 69–70.

References

• Pocock, 1899: Scorpions and spiders. The highest Andes, London, Methuen, pp. 356–358.

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• Ochoa, Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2011: Systematic revision of the Andean scorpion genus Orobothriurus Maury, 1976 (Bothriuridae), with discussion of the altitude record for scorpions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 359: 1–90.
• Ojanguren Affilastro, Campón, Silnik & Mattoni, 2009: The genus Orobothriurus Maury in central Argentina with description of a new species from El Nevado mountain chain in Mendoza Province (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae). Zootaxa, 2209: 28–42. [1]