Mesobuthus afghanus

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: Mesobuthus
Species: Mesobuthus afghanus

Name

Mesobuthus afghanus (Pocock, 1889)

Type locality: Iran, Razavi Khorasan Province, between Harirud Valley and Meshed. (36.30°N 59.44°E).

Lectotype: BMNH. female ♀. legit J.E.T. Aitchison. BMNH 87.51. (lectotype designated by Kovařík et al., 2022: 8)

Synonymy

• Buthus afghanus Pocock, 1889: 116 (original combination)
• Mesobuthus afghanus (Pocock):

References

Primary references

• Pocock, R.I. 1889. Arachnida, Chilopoda and Crustacea. In: Aitchison, J. E. T. (ed.): The zoology of the Afghan Delimitation Commission. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology, 2) 5(3): 110-121. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1889.tb00159.x. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kovařík, F., Fet, V.Y., Gantenbein, B., Graham, M.R., Yağmur, A.E., Šťáhlavský, F., Poverennyi, N.M. & Novruzov, N.E. 2022. A revision of the genus Mesobuthus Vachon, 1950, with a description of 14 new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 348: 1–189. Full article (PDF). Reference page.