Mesobuthus mesopotamicus

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 mesopotamicus

Name

Mesobuthus mesopotamicus (Penther, 1912)

Type locality: Iraq, Mosul Province, Mosul.

Lectotype: NHMW. male ♂. (lectotype Buthus eupaeus mesopotamicus designated by Kovařík et al., 2022: 92)

Synonymy

• Buthus eupaeus mesopotamicus Penther, 1912: 111 (original combination)
• Buthus eupeus mesopotamicus (Penther): Birula, 1917: 39
• Mesobuthus eupeus mesopotamicus (Penther): Vachon, 1959: 155
• Mesobuthus mesopotamicus (Penther): Kovařík et al., 2022: 92

References

Primary references

• Penther, A. 1912. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition nach Mesopotamien, 1910. Scorpiones. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums in Wien 26 (1/2): 109 - 115. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Yağmur, E.A., Kovařík, F., Fet, V.Y., Hussen, F.S., Kurt, R., Al-Khazali, A.M., Kachel, H.S. & Al-Fanharawi, A.A. 2024. New records of Mesobuthus mesopotamicus (Penther, 1912) in Iraq and Mesobuthus faiki sp. n. from Turkey (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 388: 1-22. Full article (PDF). Reference page.