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Orobothriurus bivittatus (Thorell, 1877)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Cercophonius brachycentrus bivittatus Thorell, 1877

 

Now considered a synonym of Orobothriurus alticola (Ochoa et al., 2011).

 

Conservation Status

Was rediscovered, but is now considered a synonym of Orobothriurus alticola (Ochoa et al., 2011).

 

Distribution

Sierra del Tontal, Argentina

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Thorell, T. (1877 [1876]). Études scorpiologiques. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali 19: 75-272.

 

Other references:

Acosta, L. E. (2002). Case 3213. Bothriurus alticola Pocock, 1899. (Arachnida, Scorpiones): proposed precedence of the specific name over the subspecific name of Cercophonius brachycentrus bivittatus Thorell 1877. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 59(3): 176-179.

Acosta, L. E. (2005). Rediscovery of Orobothriurus bivittatus (Thorell 1877) stat. n., comb. n. in the Sierra del Tontal, Argentina (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae). Zootaxa 916(1): 1-15.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (2004). Opinion 2074 (Case 3213). Bothriurus alticola Pocock, 1899 (Arachnida, Scorpiones): specific name given precedence over the subspecific name of Cercophonius brachycentrus bivittatus Thorell, 1877. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 61(2): 124-125.

Ochoa, J. A., Ojanguren Affilastro, A. A., Mattoni, C. I. and Prendini, L. (2011). Systematic revision of the Andean scorpion genus Orobothriurus Maury, 1976 (Bothriuridae), with discussion of the altitude record for scorpions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1-90.

Ojanguren Affilastro, A. A., Fernández Campón, F., Lagos Silnik, S. and Mattoni, C. I. (2009). The genus Orobothriurus Maury in central Argentina with the description of a new species from El Nevado mountain chain in Mendoza (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae). Zootaxa 2209: 28-42.

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/21975/orobothriurus-bivittatus

 

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