Orobothriurus famatina

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 famatina

Name

Orobothriurus famatina Acosta & Ochoa, 2001

Holotype: MACN-Ar, 9932, ♂, 6.xii.1998, L. Acosta, M. Acosta and G. Repossi.

Type locality: ARGENTINA: La Rioja Province: Famatina Department: Sierra de Famatina, Rio Oro canyon, path to Mina El Oro, 29°06´S 67°42´W, 2450 m.

Synonyms

• Orobothriurus alticola: Maury 1976: 17 (part); Cei, 1982: 660, 669 [misidentification].
• Orobothriurus famatina Acosta in Acosta and Ochoa, 2001: 205–211, figs. 4–14; Ochoa, 2004a: 43, 52, 55, 73, table 1; Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005: 177–181, figs. 458–466, 477, 488, 663, table 15.

References

• Acosta, L.E. & J.A. Ochoa. 2001: Two new species of Orobothriurus Maury 1976, from Argentina and Peru, with comments on the systematics of the genus (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae). In V. Fet and P.A. Selden (editors), Scorpions 2001. In memoriam Gary A. Polis: 203–214. Burnham Beeches, Bucks: British Arachnological Society.