Tityus nematochirus

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: Buthidae
Genus: Tityus
Species: Tityus nematochirus

Name

Tityus nematochirus Mello-Leitao, 1941

Type locality: Villavicencio, Colombia.

Holotype: MLS. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Tityus meridanus González-Sponga, 1981: 26 (synonymized by Kovařík, 2007: 4)
  • Type locality: General José Antonio Páez" dam, 7 km NW of village of Santo Domingo, Sierra de Santo Domingo, Distrito Rangel, Estado Mérida, Venezuela.
    • Holotype: MCNC.

References

Primary references

• de Mello-Leitão, C.F. 1940l. Um pedipalpo e dois escorpiões da Colômbia. Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria de Agricultura, São Paulo 1: 51–56. Reference page. 

Additional references

• González-Sponga, M.Á. 1981a. “Seis nueva especies del género Tityus de Venezuela (Scorpionida: Buthidae). Monografías Científicas A gusto Pi Suñer 12: 1-86. Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. 2007a. Description of Tityus mraceki sp. n. from Colombia and synonymization of T. meridanus González-Sponga with T. nematochirus Mello-Leitão (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 54: 1-7. Full article (PDF). Reference page.