Orthochirus pallidus

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 pallidus

Name

Orthochirus pallidus (Pocock, 1897)

Type locality: Pakistan, Upper Scinde, Khelat Frontier.

Lectotype: BMNH. female ♀. BMNH No. 1896.10.20.24. (lectotype Butheolus pallidus designated by Kovařík, 2004: 17-18)

Synonymy

• Butheolus pallidus Pocock, 1897: 109 (original combination)
• Orthochirus pallidus (Pocock): Birula, 1917: 215

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.