Orobothriurus huascaran

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 huascaran

Name

Orobothriurus huascaran Ochoa, Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2011: 56, figs. 4D, 11C, 12A, 14D, 19D, 21F, 22D, 23D, 24C, 37–39, 40A–C, 52; table 3

Holotype: MHNC, ♂, 19.vi.1998, J.A. Ochoa.

Type locality: PERU: Ancash Department: Huaraz Province, Cordillera Blanca, Huascara´n National Park, Ishinca, 09°22´49´´S 77°27´39´´W, 4100 m.

Synonyms

• Orobothriurus crassimanus: Polis, 1990: 252; Lourenço, 1997: 588 (part); Coddington and Colwell, 2001: 207; Lourenço, 2002: 400; 2003: 227; Lourenço and Qi, 2006: 290. [misidentification].
• Orobothriurus paessleri: Lourenço and Dastych, 2001: 54 (part) [misidentification: 1 U, from Quebrada Yanganuco].
• Orobothriurus sp. 2: Ochoa, 2004a: 50, 73, figs. 1, 2, 14, 21, table 1.
• Orobothriurus huascaran Ochoa, Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2011

References

• Ochoa, J.A. (José A.); Ojanguren-Affilastro, Andrés A.; Mattoni, Camilo I.; Prendini, Lorenzo., 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. [1]