Androctonus crassicauda

Androctonus crassicauda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Scorpiones
Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia: Buthidae
Genus: Androctonus
Species:

Name

Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)

Type locality: Iran [Isfahan Province, Kashan ?]. Originally "Persia"

Typus: Holotype [?] MNHN [?]

Synonymy

  • Buthus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807); Simon, 1872: 247; Simon, 1879: 99; etc.
  • Prionurus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807); Pocock, 1895: 292, 308-309; Davydov, 1898: 40,47; etc.
  • Buthus (Prionurus) crassicauda (Olivier, 1807); Birula 1896: 232-233 (part); Birula, 1900: 9; etc.
  • Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807); Kraepelin, 1891: 33-35, pI. I, fig. 2; etc.

[See also Androctonus bicolor (nec Ehrenberg, 1828; MIS): C. L. Koch, 1841: 41, fig. 621. (etc)]

Heterotypic:

  • Prionurus crassicauda orirntalis Birola, 1900: 355-356; Junior subjective synonym in Levy & Amitai, 1980: 24.
    • Type locality: Iran ["Persia"], eastern Khorassan. [♀=] Sirkuh Province, Chous-Muzafyr, [♂ =] Sargad Province (now Serkhed), Khynikaka.
      • Typus: Syntypes: Female ♀, Male ♂, ZSIP

Vernacular names

  • English: Arabian Fattail Scorpion

Maygar: Arab koverfarku skorpio

References

Primary references

  • Olivier, G.A. 1807. Voyage dans l’Empire Othoman, l’Égypte et la Perse, fait par ordre du governement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Henri Agasse, Paris. Vol. 3. Reference page.  [= Voy. Emp. ott., see also "Atlas vol.9 " Troisieme livarison" for plates]

Additional references

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