Orthochirus bicolor

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: Orthochirus
Species: Orthochirus bicolor

Name

Orthochirus bicolor (Pocock, 1897)

Type locality: India, Kandala Tal, Satara, S. Dekhan.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. BMNH No. 1896.9.26.8-14. (lectotype Butheolus bicolor designated by Kovařík, 2004: 8)

Synonymy

• Butheolus bicolor Pocock, 1897: 108 (original combination)
• Orthochirus bicolor (Pocock): Roewer, 1943: 208

References

Primary references

• Pocock, R.I. 1897d. Descriptions of some new species of scorpions from India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 11: 102–117. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kovařík, F. 2004b. Revision and taxonomic position of genera Afghanorthochirus Lourenço & Vachon, Baloorthochirus Kovařík, Butheolus Simon, Nanobuthus Pocock, Orthochiroides Kovařík, Pakistanorthochirus Lourenço, and Asian Orthochirus Karsch, with descriptions of twelve new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius No. 16: 1-33. Full article (PDF). Reference page.