Leiurus

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: Leiurus
Species: L. abdullahbayrami – L. aegyptiacus – L. arabicus – L. ater – L. brachycentrus – L. dekeyseri – L. gubanensis – L. hadb – L. haenggii – L. heberti – L. hebraeus – L. hoggarensis – L. jordanensis – L. kuwaiti – L. macrotenus – L. maculatus – L. nasheri – L. nigellus – L. nigerianus – L. quinquestriatus – L. saharicus – L. savanicola – L. sinai – L. somalicus

Name

Leiurus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829 [as Androctonus (Leiurus)].

Type species: Leiurus quinquestriatus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829)

References

Primary references

Hemprich, F.W. & Ehrenberg, C.G. 1829. Vorläufige Uebersicht der in Nord-Afrika und West-Asien einheimischen Scorpione und deren geographischen Verbreitung, nach den eigenen Beobachtungen von Dr. Hemprich und Dr. Ehrenberg. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1(6): 348–362. Google Books Reference page.

Additional references

Abu Afifeh, B., Aloufi, A., Al-Saraireh, M., Badry, A., Al-Qahtni, A.H. & Amr, Z.S. 2023. A new remarkable species of Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 69: 91-106. DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.69.9. . Reference page.
Kovařík, F. & Lowe, G. 2020. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XXIV. Leiurus (Buthidae), with description of Leiurus gubanensis sp. n.. Euscorpius 309: 1-19. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Lourenço, W.R. 2021. A new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Nigeria, with extension of the distribution range of the genus to the Southwestern portion of the African continent. Serket 18(1): 1–10. Reference page.
Lourenço W.R., Modrý, D. & Amr, Z.S. 2002. Description of a new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the south of Jordan. Revue suisse de zoologie 109(3): 635–642. BHL. Reference page.
Lowe, G., Yağmur, E.A. & Kovařík, F. 2014. Review of the genus Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with description of four new species from the Arabian Peninsula. Euscorpius 191: 1–129. PDF. Reference page.
Al-Qahtni, A.H., Al-Salem, A.M., Mesfer, F., Al Balawi, M.S., Allahyani, W.S., Alqahtani, A.R. & Badry, A. 2023. A new species and a key to the genus Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Saudi Arabia. Zookeys 1178ː 293–312. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1178.109083 Reference page.
Yağmur, E.A., Koç, H. & Kunt, K.B. 2009. Description of a new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Southеastеrn Turkey. Euscorpius No. 85: 1-20. Full article (PDF). Reference page.