Orthochirus monodi

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Buthidae
Genus: Orthochirus
Species: Orthochirus monodi

Name

Orthochirus monodi (Lourenço & Vachon, 1997)

Type locality: Afghanistan, Bozbai (entre Bala Morghah et Qal éh Now).

Holotype: MNHN. female ♀. 23.X.1957. legit K. Lindberg.

Synonymy

• Afghanorthochirus monodi Lourenço & Vachon, 1997: 333 (original combination)
• Orthochirus monodi (Lourenço & Vachon): Kovařík, 2004: 17

References

Primary references

• Lourenço, W.R. & Vachon, M. 1997. Un nouveau genre et quatre nouvelles espéces de scorpions (Buthidae) du Moyen-Orient. Zoosystema 19(2-3): 327–336. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kovařík, F. 2004b. Revision and taxonomic position of genera Afghanorthochirus Lourenço & Vachon, Baloorthochirus Kovařík, Butheolus Simon, Nanobuthus Pocock, Orthochiroides Kovařík, Pakistanorthochirus Lourenço, and Asian Orthochirus Karsch, with descriptions of twelve new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius No. 16: 1-33. Full article (PDF). Reference page.