Tityus exstinctus Lourenço, 1995:29
Martinique tityus scorpion (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1884
Distribution
Martinique, Lesser Antilles
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: MNHN RS-0806 (adult, male)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lourenço, Wilson R. (1995). The remarkable discovery of a new and extinct species of Tityus From Martinique in Lesser Antilles (Chelicerata, Scorpiones, Buthidae). Anales del Instituto de Biología. Serie Zoología 66(1): 27-32.
Other references:
Lourenço, Wilson R. (2006). Nouvelle proposition de découpage sous-générique du genre Tityus C. L Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 39: 55-67.
Teruel, Rolando. (2011). Redescription of Tityus pictus Pocock, 1893 and Tityus smithii Pocock, 1893, with Notes on the Tityus Species from the Lesser Antilles (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 125: 1-26.
Teruel, Rolando and Questel, Karl. (2020). A new Lesser Antillean scorpion of the genus Didymocentrus Kraepelin, 1905 (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae). Euscorpius 313: 1-15. ["D. martinicae sp. n. lives sympatrically with Tityus exstinctus Lourenço, 1995 in all localities, including Îlet-à-Ramiers"]
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