Brachistosternus pentheri

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: Bothriuridae
Genus: Brachistosternus
Species: Brachistosternus pentheri

Name

Brachistosternus pentheri Mello-Leitão, 1931: 94

Type locality: Arístides Villanueva Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina.

Holotype: NMW. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Brachistosternus (Leptosternus) psammophilus Maury 1978: 169 (synonymized by Roig Alsina & Maury 1984: 18)
  • Type locality: Sauce Grande, Coronel Dorrego, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
    • Holotype: MACN. male ♂. MACN-Ar 7026.

References

Primary references

• Mello-Leitão, C.F. de 1931c. Notas sôbre os Bothriuridae Sul-Americanos. Arquivos do Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro 33: 75-105. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Maury, E.A. 1978a. Un nuevo Brachistosternus de los médanos costeros bonaerenses (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae). Physis, Sección C 37(93): 169 –176. Reference page. 
• Ojanguren Affilastro, A.A. 2003b. The genus Brachistosternus in Argentina, with the description of a new species from Patagonia (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae). Journal of Arachnology 31: 317–331. Reference page.