Androctonus ishtar

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 ishtar Yağmur, Kachel, Al-Khazali, Al-Jubouri & Ali, 2025.

Type locality: Iraq, Duhok Province, Zakho, Asihe (37.018056°N, 42.706111°E), 692 meters elevation.

Typus: Holotype Male ♂, AZMM/Sco-2024:51, legit H.S. Kachel and F R. Ali, 28.VIII.2024. Paratypes 4 Males ♂, 6 Females ♀. and 1 juvenile.

Synonymy

  • Androctonus ishtar Yağmur, Kachel, Al-Khazali, Al-Jubouri & Ali, 2025: 1758, Figs. 1–8, Table 1 (Original combination)

(Note: Yağmur et al., 2025 include sub-header with several prior combinations of valid Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807), possibly deemed misidentifications of Androctonus ishtar).

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Additional references

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