Aegaeobuthus
| Aegaeobuthus | |
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| Aegaeobuthus gibbosus feeding on Euscorpius avcii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Aegaeobuthus Kovarik, 2019 |
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Aegaeobuthus is a genus of scorpion in the family Buthidae.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus was described by Kovařík (2019) to accommodate an eastern Mediterranean lineage previously included in Mesobuthus. It was established in order to restore monophyly after morphological analysis showed clear differences from Mesobuthus sensu stricto. Its type species is Buthus gibbosus Brullé, 1832.[2]
Species
[edit]Currently there are four extant species in the genus:
- Aegaeobuthus cyprius (Gantenbein & Kropf, 2000)
- Aegaeobuthus gallianoi (Ythier, 2018)
- Aegaeobuthus gibbosus (Brulle, 1832)
- Aegaeobuthus nigrocinctus (Ehrenberg, 1828)
- Subspecies Aegaeobuthus nigrocinctus bishri (Lourenco, 2020)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Aegaeobuthus". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
- ↑ Kovařík, František (2019). "Taxonomic reassessment of the genera Lychas, Mesobuthus, and Olivierus, with descriptions of four new genera (Scorpiones: Buthidae)". Euscorpius. 2019 (288): 1–27. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2019.vol2019.iss288.1. ISSN 1536-9307.
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