List of scorpions of Trinidad and Tobago

map of Caribbean with Trinidad and Tobago highlighted
Location of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean
Tityus trinitatis
Trinidad

This is a list of the scorpions of Trinidad and Tobago. The first synopsis of the scorpion fauna came from E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering[1] in 1966 with a total of 8 species. Work by Oscar Franke and Julius Boos,[2] W. R. Lourenço & D. Huber[3] and Lorenzo Prendini[4] brought the total to ten species with eight on Trinidad and six on Tobago. Of the ten species seven are endemic to the islands.

Buthidae

  • Ananteris cussinii Borelli, 1910[4] – Trinidad and Tobago and northern South America
  • Microtityus rickyi Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966[4] – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago
  • Microtityus starri Lourenço & Huber, 1999[4] – endemic to Tobago
  • Tityus clathratus C. L. Koch, 1844[4] – Trinidad and northern South America
  • Tityus tenuicauda Prendini, 2001[4] – endemic to Trinidad
  • Tityus melanostictus Pocock, 1893[4] – Trinidad and northern South America
  • Tityus trinitatis Pocock, 1897[4] – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago

Chactidae

  • Broteochactas laui Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966[4] – endemic to Tobago
  • Broteochactas nitidus Pocock, 1893[4] – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago
  • Chactas raymondhansorum Francke & Boos, 1986[4] – endemic to Trinidad

References

  1. ↑ E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering (1966). "The scorpions of Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). Caribbean Journal of Science. 6: 123–135.
  2. ↑ Oscar F. Francke & Julius Boos (1986). "Chactidae (Scorpiones) from Trinidad and Tobago". Journal of Arachnology. 14 (1): 15–28. JSTOR 3705549.
  3. ↑ W. R. Lourenço & D. Huber (1999). "Additions to the scorpion faunas of Trinidad and Tobago". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 106 (1): 249–267. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.80076.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 L. Prendini (2001). "Further additions to the scorpion fauna of Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 29 (2): 173–188. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0173:FATTSF]2.0.CO;2.

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