Palaeogrosphus copalensis (Lourenço, 1996)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Tityobuthus copalensis Lourenço, 1996 (basionym)
The new genus Palaeogrosphus was erected for Tityobuthus copalensis by (Lourenço, 2000).
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: Holocene
Distribution
Province of Antsiranana (Diego-Suarez), Madagascar
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lourenço, Wilson R. (1996). Premier cas connu d'un sub-fossile de scorpion dans le copal de Madagascar. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris, Série IIa, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 323: 889-891.
Other references:
Lourenço, Wilson R. (2000). More about the Buthoidea of Madagascar, with special references to the genus Tityobuthus Pocock (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 107(4): 721-736. [Abstract]
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