Wilson Roberto Lourenço

Wilson Roberto Lourenço, French-Brazilian arachnologist.

• Departement de Systematique et Evolution, USM 0602, Section Arthropodes (Arachnologie), Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, CP 053, 61 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France.
• E-mail: arachnemnhn.fr

Author abbreviation: Lourenço

Taxon names authored

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• 329 taxon names authored by Wilson Roberto Lourenço

Publications

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1980

• Lourenço, W.R. 1980. A propósito de dues novas espécies de Opisthacanthus para a região Neotropical. Opisthacanthus valerioi da "Isla del Coco", Costa Rica e Opisthacanthus heurtaultae da Guiana Francesa (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae). Revista Nordestina de Biologia 3(2): 179-194. Reference page. 

1981

• Lourenço, W.R. 1981. Scorpions cavemicoles de I'Equateur: Tityus demangei n. sp. et Ananteris ashmolei n. sp. (Buthidae); Troglotayosicus vachoni n. gen. n. sp. (Chactidae), Scorpion troglobie. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Série 4, Section A, Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie d’Animal 3(2): 635-662. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 1981a. Opisthacanthus lamorali, nouvelle espèce de Scorpionidae pour la Region Afrotropicale (Arachnida: Scorpionida). Annals of the Natal Museum 24(2): 625-634. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Eickstedt, V.R.D. 1980–1981. A propósito da indicação de um neótipo para Tityus serrulatus Lutz e Mello, 1922 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Memórias do Instituto Butantan 44–45: 181–190. PDF Reference page. 

1982

• Lourenço, W.R. 1982. Révision du genre Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) et déscription de six espèces nouvelles. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Série 4, Section A, Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie d’Animal 4(1-2): 119-151. Reference page. 

1983

• Lourenço, W.R. 1983. La faune des scorpions de Guyane française. Bulletin du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle 5 (3): 771–808. BHL Reference page. 

1984

• Lourenço, W.R. 1984. Ananteris luciae, nouvelle espèce de Scorpion de l' Amazonie brasilienne (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Journal of Arachnology 12(3): 279-282. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 1984a. Contribution à la connaissance de Centruroides barbudensis (Pocock 1898) (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Journal of Arachnology 11(3): 327-336. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 1984b. Considérations sur les espèces de Tityus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) décrites des Petites Antilles. Revue Arachnologique 5(3): 91-105. Reference page. 

1985

• Vachon & Lourenço 1985. Scorpions cavernicoles du Sarawak (Borneo). Chaerilus chapmani n. sp. (Chaerilidae) et Lychas hosei (Pocock, 1890) (Buthidae). Memoires Biospeologiques 12: 9-18. Reference page. 

1986

• Lourenço, W.R. 1986. Les Scorpions de la station ecologique de Lamto (Cote d'Ivoire). Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Série 4, Section A, Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie d’Animal 8(1): 199-208. Reference page. 

1987

• Lourenço, W.R. 1987. Description d'une nouvelle espece d' Ananteris collectee dans l'etat de Maranhao, Bresil (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Serie Zoologia 3(1): 19-23. Reference page. 

1988

• Lourenço, W.R. 1988. Sinopse da fauna escorpionica do Estado do Para, especialmente as regioes de Carajas, Tucurui, Belem e Trombetas. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi Serie Zoologia 4(2): 155-173. Reference page. 

1989

• Lourenço & Florez 1989. Los escorpiones (Chelicerata) de Colombia. I. La Fauna de la Isla Gorgona. Approximación biogeografica. Caldasia 16(76): 66-70. Reference page. 

1990

• Lourenço, W.R. 1990. A new species of Peucetia from Colombia (Araneae, Oxyopidae). Caldasia 16: 193–195. Reference page. 

1991

• Lourenço, W.R. 1991a. Les Scorpions (Chelicerata) de Colombie. II. Les faunes des regions de Santa Marta et de la Cordillere orientale. Approche biogeographique. Senckenbergiana Biologica 71(4/6): 275-288. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 1991. Biogéographie évolutive, écologie et les stratégies biodémographiques chez les scorpions néotropicaux. Compte Rendus de la Société de Biogéographie 67(4): 171–190.

1993

• Lourenço, W.R. 1993. A review of the geographical distribution of the genus Ananteris Thorell (Scorpiones: Buthidae), with description of a new species. Revista de Biologia Tropical 41(3): 697-701. Reference page. 

1994

• Lourenço, W.R. 1994. Scorpions Chelicerata de Colombie. VI. Quatre nouvelles especes de Buthidae des regions amazonienne, sud-pacifique et de la Cordillere orientale. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Fisicas y Naturales 19 (73): 387-392. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1995

• Lourenço, W.R. 1995. Description de trois nouveaux genres et quatre nouvelles espèces de Scorpions Buthidae de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Série 4, Section A, Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie d’Animal 17(1-2): 95–106. Reference page. 

1996

• Lourenço, W.R. 1996. A propos de deux espèces nouvelles appartenant au genre Butheoloides Hirst (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Revue Arachnologique 11(9): 87-94. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 1996a. Faune de Madagascar. 87. Scorpions (Chelicerata, Scorpiones). Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris.: 1-102. Reference page. 

1997

• Lourenço, W.R. 1997. A new genus and species of scorpion (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Pakistan. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 12(155): 153–157. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 1997a. A reappraisal of the geographical distribution of the genus Ananteris Thorell (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Biogeographica (Paris) 73(2): 81-85. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 1997b. Description of a new genus and species of Buthidae scorpion from the Himalayas of India and Nepal, with some new biogeographic implications. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 12(156): 183-188. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 1997c. Considerations taxonomiques sur le genre Chiromachetes Pocock, 1899 (Chelicerata, Scorpiones, Ischnuridae). Zoosystema 19(1): 81-89. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Vachon, M. 1997. Un nouveau genre et quatre nouvelles espéces de scorpions (Buthidae) du Moyen-Orient. Zoosystema 19(2-3): 327–336. Reference page. 

1998

• Lourenço, W.R. 1998 Panbiogeographie, les distributions disjointes et le concept de famille relictuelle chez les scorpions. Biogeographica 74(3): 133–144. Reference page. 

1999

• Lourenço, W.R. 1999. New species of Ananteris from the north of Chocó, Colombia (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Zoologia 70(2): 93-98. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 1999a. Some remarks about Ananteris festae Borelli, 1899 and description of a new species of Ananteris Thorell from Ecuador (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 13(160): 95-100. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Huber, D., 1999. Additions to the scorpion fauna of Trinidad and Tobago.Revue suisse de zoologie 106(1): 249-267. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Monod, L. 1999. A new species of Ananteris Thorell from French Guyana (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Revue suisse de zoologie 106(2): 301–306. Reference page. 

2000

• Lourenço, W.R. 2000. Confirmation d’une espèce nouvelle appartenant au genre Butheoloides Hirst (Scorpiones, Buthidae) du Nigéria. Revue Arachnologique 13(9): 129-133. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2000a. Un nouveau genre de scorpion malgache, maillon possible entre les Microcharmidae et les Buthidae. Comptes Rendus de l’Academie des Sciences de Paris, 3 323(10): 877-881. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Monod, L. 2000. Description of a new genus and species of scorpion (Bothriuridae) from Brazil. Ekológia 19(supplement 3): 145–152. PDF. Reference page. 

2001

• Lourenço, W.R. 2001. Taxonomic considerations on the genera Butheolus Simon, Nanobuthus Pocock and Neobuthus Hirst (Scorpions, Buthidae) with the description of a new species of Neobuthus from Ethiopia. Ecology of Desert Environments 2001: 171–183. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2001a. Un nouveau genre de Buthidae, probable vicariant geographique d ́Anomalobuthus Kraepelin (Chelicerata, Scorpiones). Biogeographica 77(1): 15–20. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2001b. A propos de quelques decisions taxonomiques concernant des scorpions des families Buthidae, Chaerilidae et Scorpiopidae. Biogeographica 77(4): 173–175. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2001d. Description of a new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1859 from Bolivia (Scorpiones, Buthidae), with comments on the distribution of the genus. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 13(63): 271-277. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2001e. Description of a new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891 from the south of French Guyana (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Zoosystema 23(4): 689-693. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2001f. Further taxonomic considerations on the Northwestern African species of Buthacus Birula (Scorpiones, Buthidae), and description of two new species. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 13(63): 255-269. Reference page. 

2002

• Lourenço, W.R. 2002a. Nouvelles considérations sur la systématique et la biogéographie du genre Butheoloides Hirst (Scorpiones, Buthidae) avec description d’un nouveau sous-genre et de deux nouvelles especes. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 109 (4): 725-733. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2002b. The first scorpion fossil from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burma). New implications for the phylogeny of Buthoidea. Comptes Rendus Palevol 1: 97-101. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2002. Considérations sur les modèles de distribution et différentiation du genre Buthus Leach, 1815, avec la description d’une nouavelle espèce des montagnes du Tassili des Ajjer Algérie (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Biogeographica 78(3): 109–127.
• Lourenço W.R., Modrý, D. & Amr, Z.S. 2002. Description of a new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the south of Jordan. Revue suisse de zoologie 109(3): 635–642. BHL. Reference page. 

2003

• Lourenço, W.R. 2003. Humicolous buthoid scorpions: A new genus and species from French Guiana. Comptes Rendus Biologies vol. 326(12): 1149–1155. Science Direct. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2003.09.003 (English, French) Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2003a. Compléments à la faune de scorpions (Arachnida) de l’Afrique du Nord, avec des considérations sur le genre Buthus Leach, 1815. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 110(4): 875–912. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2003b. The genus Ananteris Thorell (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in French Guyana. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 7: 183–188. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Fé, N.F. 2003. Description of a new species of Opisthacanthus Peters (Scorpiones, Liochelidae) to Brazilian amazonia. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 7: 81–88. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Goodman, S.M. 2003. New considerations on the genus Tityobuthus Pocock (Scorpiones, Buthidae) and description of a new species from the Ankarana in northern Madagascar. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 8: 13-22. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Goodman, S.M. 2003a. Description of a new species of Grosphus Simon (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the Ankarana Massif. Madagascar. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 7: 19–28. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Slimani, T. & Berahou, A. 2003. Le genre Butheoloides Hirst (Scorpiones, Buthidae) ; description d'une nouvelle espèce pour le Maroc avec des considérations écologiques et biogéographiques. Biogéographica 79(1): 19–30. Reference page. 

2004

• Lourenço, W.R. 2004. A new species of Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 from India (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(169): 157-163. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2004a. List of the species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) with the description of a new species from the State of Bahia, Brazil. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 10: 163−166. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2004b. The genus Ananteris Thorell (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in the Brazilian Amazonia. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 9: 137-140. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2004c. New considerations on the Northwestern African species of Buthacus Birula (Scorpiones, Buthidae) and description of a new species. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 10: 225-231. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Goodman, S.M. 2004. A new species of Tityobuthus (Pocock) from Namoroka in the Province of Mahajanga, Madagascar (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 9: 19-22. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Vachon 2004. Considérations sur le genre Buthus Leach, 1815 en Espagne, et description de deux nouvelles espèces (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 9: 81-94. Reference page. 

2005

• Lourenço, W.R. 2005. Description of three new species of scorpion from Sudan. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 36: 21–28. PDF. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2005a. Humicolous buthoid scorpions: a new species from Brazilian Amazon. Comptes Rendus Biologies 328(10-11): 949-954. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2005. Nouvelles considerations taxonomiques sur les espèces du genre Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 et description de deux nouvelles espèces (Scorpione, Buthidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 112(1): 145–171. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80291 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2005. Description of a new scorpion species of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Guinea and Senegal in Western Africa. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(171): 229–236.
• Lourenço, W.R. 2005. A new species of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Senegal and Niger in Western Africa. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(172): 245–251.
• Lourenço & Geniez, P. 2005. A new scorpion species of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Morocco. Euscorpius 19: 1-6. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Qi, J.X. & Zhu, M.S. 2005. Description of two new species of scorpions from China (Tibet) belonging to the genera Mesobuthus Vachon (Buthidae) and Heterometrus Ehrenberg (Scorpionidae). Zootaxa 985: 1–16. Preview. Reference page. 
• Monod, L. & Lourenço, W.R. 2005. Hemiscorpiidae (Scorpiones) from Iran, with descriptions of two new species and notes on biogeography and phylogenetic relationships. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 112 (4): 869-941. Reference page. 
• Qi, J.X., Zhu, M.S. & Lourenço, W.R. 2005. Eight new species of the genera Scorpiops Peters, Euscorpiops Vachon, and Chaerilus Simon (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Chaerilidae) from Tibet and Yunnan, China. Euscorpius 32: 1-40 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2006

• Lourenço, W.R. 2006. Further considerations on the genus Buthacus Birula, 1908 (Scorpiones, Buthidae), with a description of one new species and two new subspecies. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 38: 59−70. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Goodman, S.M. 2006. A reappraisal of the geographical distribution of the genus Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Liochelidae) in Madagascar, including the description of four new species. Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 38: 11−23. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Motta, P.C. & da Silva, E.A. 2006. Further considerations on the genus Ananteris Thorell (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in Brazilian Amazonia, and description of a new species. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 38: 109−112. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Qi, J.X. 2006. A new species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 from Afghanistan (Scorpiones, Scorpiopidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(173): 277−285. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Qi, J.X. 2006. Further considerations on the genus Butheolus Simon, 1882 and description of one new species from Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Zoology in the Middle East 37(1): 91−97. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2006.10638152 Abstract Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Qi, J.X. 2006. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Afghanistan (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Zoology in the Middle East 38(1): 93−97. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2006.10638170 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2006. Description of a new species of Hottentota Birula 1908, (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the Cape Verde Islands. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 38: 71–75. Reference page. 

2007

• Lourenço, W.R. 2007. First record of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Laos and new biogeographic evidence of a Pangaean palaeodistribution. Comptes rendus biologies, 330(10): 770–777. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.07.006. . Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007a. Notes on the taxonomy and geographical distribution of Buthiscus bicalcaratus Birula, 1905 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(165): 11-16. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2002c. Further taxonomic considerations about the genus Charmus Karsch, 1879 (Scorpiones, Buthidae), with the description of a new species from Sri Lanka. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(165): 17-25. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007c. Notes on Isometroides vescus (Karsch, 1880) (Scorpiones, Buthidae), an endemic element to Australia. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(167): 105-110. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007d. Taxonomic notes on Chactas reticulatus Kraepelin, 1912 (Scorpiones, Chactidae), one of the scorpion species collected during the Fuhrmann’s expedition to Colombia. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(167): 111-116. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007e. About two species of liochelid scorpions collected in Western Africa (Scorpiones, Liochelidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(168): 137-148. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007f. A new species of Compsobuthus Vachon 1949 from India (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(169): 157-163. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007g. Description of a new species of Buthacus Birula,1908 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Afghanistan. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(170): 205-210. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007h. On the genus Hottentotta Birula 1908, with the description of a new species from Chad (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(170): 211-218. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007i. A new species of Tityus Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Ecuador. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(171): 221-227. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Duhem, B. 2007. Observations on the remarkable disrupted geographical distribution of the genus Microbuthus Kraepelin, 1898 in North Africa, with the description of a new species from Egypt (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies 330(5): 439-445. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Qi, J.X. 2007. A new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Mali. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(176): 387-392. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Qi, J.X. 2007. A new species of scorpion belonging to the genus Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 (family Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40: 215–219. PDF Reference page. 
• Qi, J.X. & Lourenço, W.R. 2007. Distribution of endemic relict groups of Saharan scorpions, with the description of a new genus and species from Mauritania. Comptes Rendus Biologies 330(1): 80–85. Reference page. 
• Zhu, M.S., Zhang, L. & Lourenço, W.R. 2007. One new species of scorpion belonging to the genus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from South China (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae). Zootaxa 1582: 1–19. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

2008

• Lourenço, W.R. 2008. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Togo (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 15(179): 37–44. Zobodat Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2008a. About the presence of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 in the Arabian Peninsula and description of a new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 15(179): 45–52. Zobodat Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2008b. The geographic pattern of distribution of the genus Rhopalurus Thorell, 1876 in the Guayana-Amazon region (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 73: 1-14. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Goodman, S.M. 2008. Scorpions of the Réserve spéciale d’Ankarana, Madagascar, with particular reference to cave-dwelling animals and the description of two new species (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Zoosystema 30(3): 665-679. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Leguin, E. 2008. The true identity of Scorpio (Atreus) obscurus Gervais, 1843 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius 75: 1–9. DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2008.vol2008.iss75.1 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Qi, J.X. & Goodman, S.M. 2008. The identity of Tityobuthus baroni (Pocock, 1890) (Scorpiones, Buthidae) and description of three new species from Madagascar. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 42: 89-102. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2008. A new species of Chaerilus Simon, 1877 (Scorpiones, Chaerilidae) from the Philippines. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 42: 27–31. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Zhu, M.-S. 2008: A new species of the genus Isometrus Ehrenberg 1828 from China (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Acta zootaxonomica sinica 33(2): 264–271. abstract (in Chinese) and full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2009

• Giupponi, Vasconcelos & Lourenço 2009. The genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in southeast Brazil, with the description of three new species. ZooKeys 13: 29-41. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.13.125. . Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Aguiar-Neto, M.B. & Limeira-de-Oliveira, F. 2009. A new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the state of Maranhão, Brazil. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 45: 91-94. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Ythier, E. & Leguin, E.-A. 2009. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Morocco (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 89: 1–8. PDF Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2009. Reanalysis of the genus Scorpio Linnaeus 1758 in Sub-Saharan Africa and description of one new species from Cameroon (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 15(181): 99–113.

2010

• Lourenço, W.R. & Duhem, B. 2010: Buthid scorpions found in caves; a new species of Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from southern Vietnam. Comptes rendus biologies 333(8): 631–636. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2010.05.005 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Duhem, B. 2010a. Further considerations on the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in Brazilian Amazonia and description of two new species. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 47: 33-38. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Sun, D. & Zhu, M.S. 2010. Razianus xinjianganus sp. nov.: A new record genus and new species of (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from China. Journal of Hebei University (Natural Science Edition) 30(3) : 307–318.Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Pham, D.S. 2010. A remarkable new cave scorpion of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Vietnam. ZooKeys. 90(2): 133–146. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.71.786 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Yağmur, E.A. & Duhem, B. 2010. A new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Jordan. Zoology in the Middle East 49: 95-99. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2010. Another new species of Pseudouroplectes Lourenco, 1995 from Madagascar (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 48: 1–9. Reference page. 
• Sun, D., Zhu, M.S. & Lourenço, W.R. 2010. A new species of Mesobuthus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Xinjiang, China, with notes on Mesohuthus songi. The Journal of Arachnology 38: 35-43. Reference page. 
• Zambre, A.M. & Lourenço, W.R. 2010. A new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from India. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 46(2010): 115-119. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2011

• Lourenço, W.R. 2011. More about the African species of Hemiscorpius Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Hemiscorpiidae), and description of a new species from Egypt. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 49: 23-26. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2011a. The genus Hemiscorpius Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones, Hemiscorpiidae) in East Africa and decsription of a new species from Somalia. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 15(185): 275-285. Reference page. 
• Lourenço & Beigel 2011: A new scorpion fossil from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burma). New phylogenetic implications. Comptes Rendus Palevol 10: 635-639. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Touloun, O. & Boumezzough, A. 2011. The genus Butheoloides Hirst, 1925 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Morocco, with a description of a new species. Euscorpius 113: 1-7. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2011. A new species of Guyanochactas Lourenco, 1998 (Scorpiones, Chactidae) from French Guyana. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 48: 203–206. Reference page. 
• Yağmur, E.A., Koç, H. & Lourenço, W.R. 2011. A new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Cyprus (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 115: 27–38. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.115.1135. Reference page. 

2012

• Lourenço, W.R. 2012. The genus Vietbocap Lourenço & Pham, 2010 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae); proposition of a new subfamily and description of a new species from Laos. Comptes Rendus Biologies 335(3): 232–237. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2012.02.001 . Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2012a. More about the genus Chaerilus Simon, 1877 in Vietnam and Cambodia, with descriptions of two new species (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae). Arthropoda Selecta 21(3): 235–241. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.21.3.05 . Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2012b. The genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in the Northeastern region of Brazil and description of a new species. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 50: 73-76. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2012c. The genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in Guyanas region, with a description of a new species from Suriname. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 18(188): 41-47. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2012d. Humiculous scorpions: on the genera Ananteris Thorell, 1891 and Microananteris Lourenço, 2004 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), with the description of a new species from French Guiana. Comptes rendus biologies 335(3): 555-561. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2012e. Further considerations on Tityus (Archaeotityus) clathratus C. L. Koch, 1844 and description of two associated new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 50: 277‒283. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. 2012. A new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Egypt (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 16(187): 11-18. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Duhem, B. & Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. 2012. Scorpions from Ennedi, Kapka and Tibesti, the mountains of Chad, with descriptions of nine new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae). Arthropoda selecta 21(4): 307–338. Abstract, with link to PDF. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Pham, D.S. 2012. A second species of Vietbocap Lourenço & Pham, 2010 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae) from Vietnam. Comptes Rendus Biologies 35(1): 80–85. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Touloun, O. & Boumezzough, A. 2012. Une nouvelle espèce du genre Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) du Maroc. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 48: 183-187. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2013

• Lourenço, W.R. 2013. A New Species of Tityus C. L. Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Dominican Amber. Euscorpius 156: 1-5. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2013a. A new subgenus and species of Alloscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Laos (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae); implications for the taxonomy of the group. Comptes Rendus Biologies 336: 51-55. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2013b. The remarkable peri-Saharan distribution of the genus Butheoloides Hirst (Scorpiones, Buthidae), with the description of a new species from Cameroon. Comptes Rendus Biologies 336: 515-520. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2013c. The genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in the Guayana region and a description of a new species from Guyana. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 16(190): 101-109. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2013d. The Buthacus Birula, 1908 populations from Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria (Scorpiones, Buthidae) and description of a new species. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 16(190): 89-99. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2013e. A new species of Euscorpiops Vachon 1980 from Laos (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae: Scorpiopinae). Acta Arachnologica 62(1): 23-27. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2013f. A new species of Babycurus Karsch, 1886 from northern Cameroon (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Arthropoda Selecta 22(4): 343-348. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Ponce de Leão Giupponi, A. & Leguin, E.A. 2013. Description of three more new species of the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 85(2): 709-725. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Pham, D.S. 2013. First record of a cave species of Euscorpiops Vachon from Viet Nam (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae). Comptes Rendus Biologies 336(7): 370-374. Reference page. 

2014

• Lourenço, W.R. 2014: The second confirmed record of the scorpion genus Chactas Gervais, 1844 (Scorpiones, Chactidae) from Ecuador with description of a new species from the Amazonian Province of Sucumbíos. ZooKeys 372: 17–26. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.372.6665 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2014a. Micro-endemic and vicariant populations of Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Hormuridae) in Madagascar, with descriptions of two new species. Arthropoda Selecta 23(4): 383–391. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2014b. A new species of Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Hormuridae) from the Parc National d’Andohahela, Madagascar. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 17(193): 179-191. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Pham, D.S. 2014. A second species of Euscorpiops Vachon from caves in Vietnam (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae). Comptes Rendus Biologies 337(9): 535-544. Reference page. 

2015

• Aswathi, K., Sureshan, P.M. & Lourenҫo, W.R. 2015. A new scorpion from the genus Buthoscorpio Werner, 1936 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Kerala, India. Taprobanica. 7(4): 213-218. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2015. What do we know about some of the most conspicuous scorpion species of the genus Tityus? A historical approach. Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 21: 1–12. DOI: 10.1186/s40409-015-0016-9 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2015a. Comments on the Ananterinae Pocock, 1900 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) and description of a new remarkable species of Ananteris from Peru. Comptes Rendus Biologies 338(2): 134-139. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2015b. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from the Aïr Massif in Niger (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket 14(4): 167–175. BHL Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2015c. A new subfamily, genus and species of fossil scorpions from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Scorpiones: Palaeoeuscorpiidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie (9): 457-464. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2015d. New contribution to the knowledge of Cretaceous Burmese amber scorpions: descrptions of two new species of Betaburmesebuthus Lourenço, 2015 (Scorpiones: Archaeobuthidae: Palaeoburmesebuthinae). Arachnida - Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 3: 27-36. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2015e. Clarification of the familiar status of the genus Palaeoburmesebuthus Lourenço, 2002 from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Scorpiones: Archaeobuthidae: Palaeoburmesebuthinae). Beiträge zur Araneologie (9): 465-475. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Beigel, A. 2015. A new genus and species of Palaeoburmesebuthinae Lourenço (Scorpiones: Archaeobuthidae) from Cretaceous amber of Myanmar. Beiträge zur Araneologie (9): 476-480. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Leguin, E.-A. 2015. A new species of Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Armenia. Zoology in the Middle East 61(3): 273-277. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Sadine, S.E. 2015. A new species of "Buthacus Birula", 1908 from the region of Ghardaïa, Algeria (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 27: 55–59. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. Rossi A. & Sadine, S.E. 2015. New data on the genus Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones, Buthidae), with the description of a new species from Ethiopia. Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 1(5): 11–29. Reference page. 

2016

• Lourenço, W.R. 2016. A preliminary synopsis on amber scorpions with special reference to Burmite species: an extraordinary development of our knowledge in only 20 years. ZooKeys 600: 75–87. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.600.8913 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2016a. Scorpions from the Mitaraka Massif in French Guiana: Description of one new genus and species (Scorpiones: Chactidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies 339(3–4): 141–146. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2016.02.003 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2016b. Scorpions from the Mitaraka Massif in French Guiana II. Description of one new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies 339: 214–221. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2016c. A new species of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from dry forest formations in Central African Republic. Serket 15(2): 71-79. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2016d. A new genus and three new species of scorpions from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Scorpiones: Chaerilobuthidae: Palaeoeuscorpiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 25(1): 67–74. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2016a. One more new species of Betaburmesebuthus Lourenço, 2015 (Scorpiones: Palaeoburmesebuthinae) from Cretaceous burmite. Arachnida - Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 6: 4-11. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2016b. A sixth new species of Cretaceous Burmese amber of the genus Betaburmesebuthus Lourenço, 2015 (Scorpiones: Palaeoburmesebuthidae). Arachnida - Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 10: 10-17. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2016c. A new genus and species of fossil scorpion from Burmese Cretaceous amber (Scorpiones: Buthoidea: Buthidae). Arachnida - Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 10: 2-9. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Waeber, P.O. & Wilmé, L. 2016. The geographical pattern of distribution of the genus Tityobuthus Pocock, 1890, a typical Ananterinae element endemic to Madagascar (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies 339: 427–436. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Wilmé, L. & Waeber, P.O. 2016. One more new species of Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Hormuridae) from the Lavasoa forest, south-heastern Madagascar. Revista Iberica de Aracnologia 29: 9-17. Reference page. 

2017

• Lourenço, W.R. 2017. A new species of Physoctonus Mello-Leitão, 1934 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the ‘Campos formations’ of southern Amazonia. ZooKeys 711: 67—80. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.711.20187. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2017a. Second record of the genus Troglokhammouanus Lourenço, 2007 from Laos, with the description of a new species (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae). Acta Arachnologica 66(1): 19-24. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2017b. Description of a new species of Opisthacanthus Peters (Scorpiones: Hormuridae) from Suriname/Brazil border with some biogeographic considerations. Acta Biologica Paranaense 46(1-2): 9-22. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Kourim, M.L. & Sadine, S.E. 2017. Scorpions from the region of Tamanrasset, Algeria. Part I. A new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 8: 31-41. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Sadine, S.E., Bissati, S. & Houtia, A. 2017. The genus Buthacus Birula, 1908 in Northern and Central Algeria; description of a new species and comments on possible microendemic populations (Scorpiones: Buthidae). ARACHNIDA - Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 3(12): 18-30. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Rossi, A. 2017. Two more new species of Burmese amber scorpions of the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae Lourenço, 2015 (Scorpiones). Arachnida - Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 13: 11-21. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Sadine, S.E. 2016. One more new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 28: 13-17. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2017. The geographical patterns of distribution of the genus Teuthraustes Simon, 1878 in Ecuador and description of three new species (Scorpiones, Chactidae). ZooKeys 721: 45–63. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.721.21529. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2017. Description of Tityus (Atreus) cisandinus sp. n. from Ecuadorian Amazonia, with comments on some related species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana XV: 18–34. Reference page. 

2018

• Lourenco, W.R. 2018. Scorpions at high altitudes: A new species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) from the Taxkorgan Reserve, Xinjiang, China. Comptes Rendus Biologies 341: 362-369. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2018a. The scorpions from the Mitaraka Massif in French Guiana (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chactidae). Zoosystema 40(14): 367-374. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2018b. A new remarkable scorpion genus and species from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Scorpiones: Protoischnuridae). Arachnida - Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 18: 2-14. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Chichi, S. & Sadine, S.E. 2018. A new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from the region of Bou Sâada-M’sila, Algeria; A possible case of vicariance for the genus (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 32: 15-20. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Košulič, O. 2018. A new remarkable species of Alloscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Myanmar (Burma) (Scorpiones, Scorpiopidae). ZooKeys 775: 47–58. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.775.24248 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Rossi, A. 2018. A new species of Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 from Aïr Massif, Niger (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Onychium 14: 3-8. Full article (PDF Reference page. 
• Lourenco, W.R., Pham, D.S., Thi-Hang Tran & Thi-Hang Tran 2018. The genus Vietbocap Lourenço & Pham, 2010 in the Thien Duong cave, Vietnam: A possible case of subterranean speciation in scorpions (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies 341: 264-273. Reference page. 

2019

• Lourenço, W.R. & Motta, P.C. 2019. The genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (scorpiones: Buthidae) in central Brazil, with description of one new species. Revista Iberica de Arachnologia 2019(35): 9-13. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Rossi, A. 2019. The cave population of Chaerilus Simon, 1877 from Palawan, Philippines, and description of a new species (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies 342: 45-53. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Wilmé, L. 2019. Scorpions from the Parc National du Tsingy de Namoroka, Madagascar and description of a new species of Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Hormuridae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 34: 13-20. Reference page. 

2020

• Ythier, E., Chevalier, J. & Lourenço, W.R. 2020. A synopsis of the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in French Guiana, with description of four new species. Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana Anno VI, Volume XXVIII: 2–33. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., El Bouhissi, M. & Sadine, S.E. 2020. Further considerations on the Buthus Leach, 1815 species present in Algeria with description of a new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 36:103-108. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Chevalier, J., Gangadin, A. & Ythier, E. 2020. Description of a new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891, from Suriname (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 125(3): 233–239. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2020. A new contribution to the knowledge of Cretaceous Burmese amber scorpions with the descriptions of two new genera and two new species (Scorpiones: Chaerilobuthidae; Palaeoeuscorpiidae: Archaeoscorpiopinae). Arachnida—Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 28: 34–50. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Waeber, P.O. & Wilmé, L. 2020. New taxonomic considerations on the genus Tityobuthus Pocock, 1890, and description of a new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 125(4): 371-381. Reference page. 

2021

• Lourenço, W.R. 2021. A new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Nigeria, with extension of the distribution range of the genus to the Southwestern portion of the African continent. Serket 18(1): 1–10. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2021a. The genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in the state of Amapá Brazil, and description of a new species. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 50: 73.76. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2021b. Some additional comments on the Ananteridae or ‘ Ananteris group’ and description of a new species of Ananteris Thorell from Central Brazil (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Pp 347–356 In Jäger, P., Shear, W.A. & Schwendinger, P.J., eds. A Festschrift honouring Prof. Dr. Jochen Martens on occasion of his 80th birthday. Zootaxa 4984(1): 1–384. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.1. Reference page.  Zootaxa 4984(1): 347–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.25. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2021c. The genus Microananteris Lourenço, 2003 in French Guiana (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Zoosystema 43(20): 377-386. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Motta, P.C. 2021. One more new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Cerrados of the Federal District in Brazil. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 38: 121-125. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2021. A particular new species of Orthochirus Karsch, 1891 from Somalia (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket 17(4): 335–349. BHL Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Abu Afifeh, B., Al-Saraireh, M., Abu Baker, M. & Amr, Z. 2021. New insights into the taxonomy of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 in Jordan and description of a new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Zoology in the Middle East 67(2): 1-9.DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2021.1908507 Reference page. 
• Ythier, E., Sadine, S.E., Haddadi, M.L. & Lourenço, W.R. 2021. A new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae) and an interesting new case of vicariance. Faunitaxys 9(21): 1–9. Reference page. 

2022

• Lourenço, W.R. 2022. Une intéressante nouvelle espèce pour le genre Cheloctonus Pocock, 1892 (Scorpiones : Hormuridae) collectée en République du Congo. Faunitaxys 10(6): 1-7. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Chevalier, J. 2022. A further new species of the genus Microananteris Lourenço, 2003, from French Guiana (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 127(1): 91-99. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Chevalier, J. & Ythier, E. 2022. Second record of the genus Spinochactas Lourenço, 2016 in French Guiana and description of a new species (Scorpiones: Chactidae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 1–7. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2022.2130505 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & El-Hennawy, H.K. 2022. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from the North East portion of the Tibesti Massif in Libya (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket 18(4): 428-440. BHL Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2022. The remarkable variability of the genus Chaerilobuthus Lourenço & Beigel, 2011 (Scorpiones: Chaerilobuthidae) and description of a new species from Early Cretaceous Burmite. Faunitaxys 10(10): 1-6. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2022a. A second new species for the genus Cretaceoushormiops Lourenço, 2018 from Cretaceous Burmite (Scorpiones: Protoischnuridae). Faunitaxys 10(43): 1 – 5. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2022. A new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861, subgenus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Laos (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae). Faunitaxys 10(27): 1–9. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2022. The genus Teuthraustes Simon, 1878 (Scorpiones: Chactidae) in Brazil with description of a new species. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40: 119–125.
• Abu Afifeh, B., Al-Saraireh, M., Abu Baker, M., Amr, Z. & Lourenço, W.R. 2022. The genus Buthacus Birula, 1908 in Jordan: description of a new species and comments on possible micro-endemic populations (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Arthropoda Selecta 31(1): 51–62. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2022. A new species of Lychas C. L. Koch, 1845 from Thailand (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 10(26): 1–7. PDF. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2022. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Western Sahara (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket 18(3): 239–251. BHL ResearchGate PDF Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2022. First record of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 from Kenya (Scorpiones: Buthidae) and description of a new species. Serket 19(1): 1–6. BHL PDF. Reference page. 

2023

• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2023. Two new scorpion species from Central Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones: Buthidae).Faunitaxys 11(8): 1–8. Reference page. 
• Lv, H-Y. Lourenço, W.R. & Di, Z-Y. 2023. Scorpiops zhui sp. n., a new species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 from Chongqing, China (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae). Zootaxa 5257(1): 40–48. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2023. A new species of Buthiscus Birula, 1905 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Adrar des Ifoghas, Mali . Faunitaxys 11(22): 1–7. Reference page. 
• Badry, A., Saleh, M., Sarhan, M.M.H., Younes, M., Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2023. A new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Sinai, Egypt and comments on its relationships with L. quinquestriatus and L. hebraeus using morphological and molecular evidence. Faunitaxys 11(54): 1–10. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2023. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from the Northern savannas of Cameroon (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket 19(2): 111–120. BHL Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2023a. Nouvelles considérations sur Isometrus (Reddyanus) heimi Vachon, 1976 et description d’une deuxième espèce d’Isometrus pour la Nouvelle-Calédonie (Scorpiones : Buthidae). Revue arachnologique série 2, n° 10: 30-36. Full article (PDF). Reference page. .
• Lourenço, W.R. 2023b. The remarkable micro-scorpion genus Microbuthus Kraepelin, 1898 in North Africa; description of a new species with comments on its biogeography and ecology (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket 20(1): 1–10. Reference page. 

2024

• Nawanetiwong, W., Košulič, O., Warrit, N., Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2024. A new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861, subgenus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Thailand (Scorpiones, Scorpiopidae). ZooKeys 1193: 161–170. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1193.113398 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2024a. A new scorpion species for the genus Burmesescorpiops Lourenço, 2016 from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Scorpiones: Palaeoeuscorpiidae: Archaeoscorpiopinae). Faunitaxys 12(4): 1 – 5. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2024a. An exceptional new genus of fossil scorpion from Burmese Cretaceous amber belonging to the family Palaeoburmesebuthidae Lourenço, 2015. Faunitaxys 12(13): 1 – 7. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2024b. An unusual new species of Betaburmesebuthus Lourenço, 2015 trapped in Burmite (Scorpiones: Palaeoburmesebuthidae). Faunitaxys 12(26): 1 – 5. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2024c. New insights on the diversity of the family Chaerilobuthidae Lourenço & Beigel, 2011 with the description of one new genus and species (Scorpiones). Faunitaxys 12(46): 1 – 6. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2024d. The remarkable diversity of the genus Chaerilobuthus Lourenço & Beigel, 2011 with the description of one more new species (Scorpiones: Chaerilobuthidae). Faunitaxys 12(56): 1 – 5. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2024e. Possible estimation of litter size in palaeoburmesebuthid scorpions from Early Cretaceous Burmite (Chelicerata: Scorpiones). Faunitaxys 12(49): 1 – 4. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2024. A new African species of the genus Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1928 from Mali (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket, the Arachnological Bulletin of the Middle East and North Africa 20(2): 58–67. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2024a. A new contribution to the genus Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861 and in particular to the African species of the subgenus Nepabellus Francke, 1974 with the description of a new species from Mozambique (Scorpiones: Hormuridae). Serket 20(3): 205-214. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2024. A new species of Hadrurochactas Pocock, 1893 (Scorpiones: Chactidae) from the Mitaraka Massif in French Guiana. Faunitaxys 12(59): 1–9. Online. Reference page. 

2025

• Dan, Z., Zawgyi, K. & Lourenço, W.R. 2025. An unusual new species of Burmesescorpiops Lourenço, 2016 from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Scorpiones: Palaeoeuscorpiidae: Archaeoscorpiopinae). Faunitaxys 13(20): 1 – 6. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., El-Hennawy, H.K. & Ythier, E. 2025. A further new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the South of Niger and confirmation of the extension of the distribution range of the genus to the Southern zones of the Sahara Desert. Serket 21(1): 1-11. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., El-Hennawy, H.K. & Ythier, E. 2025a. A further new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the South of Niger and confirmation of the extension of the distribution range of the genus to the Southern zones of the Sahara Desert. Serket 21(1): 1-11. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2025. New considerations on the taxonomic status of the family Palaeotrilineatidae Lourenço, 2012 and description of a new genus and new species (Scorpiones: Buthoidea). Faunitaxys 13(25): 1–6. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2025a. One more new species for the genus Cretaceoushormiops Lourenço, 2018 from Cretaceous Burmite (Scorpiones: Protoischnuridae). Faunitaxys 13(02): 1 – 6. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2025b. A new species for the genus Archaeoananteroides Lourenço, 2016, fossil scorpion from Burmite (Scorpiones: Buthoidea: Ananteridae). Faunitaxys 13(03): 1 – 6. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2025c. A particular new species for the genus Palaeoburmesebuthus Lourenço, 2002 from Burmite (Scorpiones: Palaeoburmesebuthidae). Faunitaxys 13(37): 1 – 5. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2025d. Description of a second species for the genus Serratochaerilobuthus Lourenço, 2024 (Scorpiones: Chaerilobuthidae). Faunitaxys 13(10): 1 – 6. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2025e. A new case of aggregation in a Cretaceous Burmite scorpion, Betaburmesebuthus fleissneri Lourenço, 2016 (Scorpiones: Palaeoburmesebuthidae). Faunitaxys 13(38): 1 – 4. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2025f. One more new species of Betaburmesebuthus Lourenço, 2015 trapped in Burmite (Scorpiones: Palaeoburmesebuthidae). Faunitaxys 13(57): 1 – 4. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2025g. One more remarkable new genus and species of fossil scorpion from Burmese Cretaceous amber associated to the extant family Buthidae (Scorpiones: Buthoidea). Faunitaxys 13(35): 1 – 6. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2025h. The remarkable variability of the genus Betaburmesebuthus Lourenço, 2015 from Burmite; comments on newly confirmed morphological characters and description of a new species (Scorpiones: Palaeoburmesebuthidae). Faunitaxys 13(61): 1 – 7. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Wilmé, L. 2025. A new species of Microcharmus Lourenço, 1995 (Scorpiones: Microcharmidae) from extremely dry areas of Central-West Madagascar. Serket 20(4): 373-382. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2025. A new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Ananteridae) from the Inini-Camopi Massif in French Guiana. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 46: 97-102. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2025a. A new cave species of Isometrus Ehrenberg 1828 from Myanmar (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys, 13(04): 1-6. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E., Chevalier, J. & Lourenço, W.R. 2025. Cloud forest scorpions: a new species of Guyanochactas Lourenço, 1998 (Scorpiones, Chactidae) from Mount Itoupé in French Guiana. Faunitaxys 13(48): 1-9. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E., Košulič, O., Nawanetiwong, W. & Lourenço, W.R. 2025. A newly discovered species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861, subgenus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Doi Phu Kha National Park, Thailand (Scorpiones, Scorpiopidae). ZooKeys 1241: 171–184. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1241.142549 Reference page. 
• Ythier, E., Sadine, S.E., Alioua, Y. & Lourenço, W.R. 2025. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from the Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 13(08): 1–8. DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(08) Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2025. A new species of Chaerilus Simon, 1877 from Pakistan (Scorpiones, Chaerilidae). Faunitaxys 1327: 1-6.  Reference page. 

2026

• Lourenço, W.R. 2026a. Description of a new genus and species associated to the family Chaerilobuthidae Lourenço & Beigel, 2011 from Early Cretaceous Burmite (Chelicerata: Scorpiones). Faunitaxys 14(29): 1-8. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2026b. A synopsis of the trichobothrial patterns observed for Cretaceous amber scorpions. Part I: Buthoidea C. L. Koch, 1837 and related groups. Faunitaxys 14(20): 1 – 12. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2026a. New considerations about the outstanding variability of the genus Chaerilobuthus Lourenço & Beigel, 2011 (Scorpiones: Chaerilobuthidae) and the description of one more new species from Early Cretaceous Burmite. Faunitaxys 14(11): 1 – 6. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Velten, J. 2026b. Description of a new genus and species associated to the family Chaerilobuthidae Lourenço & Beigel, 2011 from Early Cretaceous Burmite (Chelicerata: Scorpiones). Faunitaxys 14(29): 1 – 8. Reference page. 
• Ythier, É. & Lourenço, W.R. 2026. On the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 in French Guiana, with description of a new species. Faunitaxys 14(18): 1–12. DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-14(18) Reference page. 
• Ythier, É. & Lourenço, W.R. 2026. A new species of Brotheas C. L. Koch, 1838 from Brazilian Amazonia (Scorpiones: Chactidae). Faunitaxys 14(30): 1–7. DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-14(30) Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, É. 2026. A new species of Lychas C. L. Koch, 1845 from a cave in the Sai Yok National Parc in Thailand (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 48: 55–60. Reference page.