Compsobuthus levyi

Taxonavigation

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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: Compsobuthus
Species: Compsobuthus levyi

Name

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Compsobuthus levyi Kovařík, 2012: 5, figs. 20–36

Holotype: FKCP, 1♂.
Type locality: Jordan, near Qasr Burqu, 9. –12.IV.1996, leg. D. Modrý.
Etymology: Named after the Israeli arachnologist Gershom Levy (1937–2009), who in 1973 and 1980 published important works on Compsobuthus from Israel, Jordan and the Arabian Peninsula. Since no specimens of C. werneri from the type locality (Sudan) were available to him, he mistook C. levyi sp. n. for C. werneri werneri.

Synonymy

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  • Compsobuthus werneri werneri Levy et al., 1973: 114; Levy & Amitai, 1980: 63; Kabakibi et al., 1999: 82.

References

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  • Kovařík F. 2012: Three New Species of Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 from Yemen, Jordan, Israel, and Somaliland (Scorpiones:Buthidae). Euscorpius, 150: 1–10. PDF.