Brachistosternus

Brachistosternus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Bothriuridae
Genus: Brachistosternus
Pocock, 1893

Brachistosternus is a scorpion genus in the Bothriuridae family.[1] B. ehrenbergii is the most cited species in the genus.[2] Brachistosternus is composed of 16 species grouped into 3 subgenera spread out over Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Jan Ove Rein (2012). "Bothriuridae Simon, 1880". The Scorpion Files. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ José A. Ochoai; André S.A. Ojanguren Affilastro (April 2007). "Systematics and distribution of Brachistosternus (Brachistosternus) ehrenbergii (Gervais, 1841), with the first record of stridulation in this genus Brachistosternus (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae)" (PDF). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 42 (1): 61. doi:10.1080/01650520600800310. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ W. David Sissom (1990). Gary A. Polis, ed. "Systematics, Biogeography, and Paleontology". The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press: 88. ISBN 0804712492.


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