Pandinus gambiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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

Familia: Scorpionidae
Subfamilia: Pandininae
Genus: Pandinus
Species: Pandinus gambiensis

Name

Pandinus gambiensis (Pocock, 1899)

Type locality: Gambia.

Synonymy

• Pandinus imperator gambiensis Pocock, 1899: 836. (original combination)
• Pandinus gambiensis (Pocock): Vachon, 1967: 1534

References

Primary references

• Pocock, R.I. 1899c. On the scorpions, pedipalps and spiders from tropical West-Africa, represented in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 833–885. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kovařík, F. 2011. A review of the subgenus Pandinus Thorell, 1876 with descriptions of two new species from Uganda and Ethiopia (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae). Euscorpius 129: 1–18. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Giant Senegalese Scorpion