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
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Thorell, T. (1877 [1876]). E´tudes scorpiologiques. Atti della Societa` 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. 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.
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., F. Fernández Campón, S. Lagos Silnik, and C.I. Mattoni. (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.
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