Wilson R. Lourenço

Wilson R. Lourenço, French arachnologist.

Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France

Author abbreviation: Lourenço

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 34 taxon names authored by Wilson R. Lourenço

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1990

• Lourenço, W.R. 1990. A new species of Peucetia from Colombia (Araneae, Oxyopidae). Caldasia 16: 193–195. Reference page. 

1991

• Lourenço, W.R. 1991. Biogéographie évolutive, écologie et les stratégies biodémographiques chez les scorpions néotropicaux. Compte Rendus de la Société de Biogéographie 67(4): 171–190.

2000

• Lourenço, W.R. & Monod, L. 2000. Description of a new genus and species of scorpion (Bothriuridae) from Brazil. Ekológia 19(supplement 3): 145–152. PDF. Reference page. 

2002

• Lourenço, W.R. 2002. Considérations sur les modèles de distribution et différentiation du genre Buthus Leach, 1815, avec la description d’une nouavelle espèce des montagnes du Tassili des Ajjer Algérie (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Biogeographica 78(3): 109–127.

2003

• Lourenço, W.R. 2003. Compléments à la faune de scorpions (Arachnida) de l’Afrique du Nord, avec des considérations sur le genre Buthus Leach, 1815. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 110(4): 875–912.

2005

• Lourenço, W.R. 2005. Description of three new species of scorpion from Sudan. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 36: 21–28. PDF. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2005. Description of a new scorpion species of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Guinea and Senegal in Western Africa. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(171): 229–236.
• Lourenço, W.R. 2005. A new species of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Senegal and Niger in Western Africa. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(172): 245–251.

2006

• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2006. Description of a new species of Hottentota Birula 1908, (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the Cape Verde Islands. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 38: 71–75. Reference page. 

2008

• Lourenço, W.R. 2008. About the presence of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 in the Arabian Peninsula and description of a new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 15(179): 45–52.
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2008. A new species of Chaerilus Simon, 1877 (Scorpiones, Chaerilidae) from the Philippines. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 42: 27–31. Reference page. 

2009

• Lourenço, W.R., Ythier, E. & Leguin, E.-A. 2009. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Morocco (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 89: 1–8. PDF. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2009. Reanalysis of the genus Scorpio Linnaeus 1758 in Sub-Saharan Africa and description of one new species from Cameroon (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 15(181): 99–113.

2010

• Lourenço, W.R., Sun, D. & Zhu, M.S. 2010. Razianus xinjianganus sp. nov.: A new record genus and new species of (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from China. Journal of Hebei University (Natural Science Edition) 30(3) : 307–318.Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Pham, D.S. 2010. A remarkable new cave scorpion of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Vietnam. ZooKeys. 90(2): 133–146. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.71.786 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2010. Another new species of Pseudouroplectes Lourenco, 1995 from Madagascar (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 48: 1–9. Reference page. 

2011

• Yağmur, E.A., Koç, H. & Lourenço, W.R. 2011. A new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Cyprus (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 115: 27–38. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.115.1135. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2011. A new species of Guyanochactas Lourenco, 1998 (Scorpiones, Chactidae) from French Guyana. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 48: 203–206. Reference page. 

2012

• Lourenço, W.R., Duhem, B. & Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. 2012. Scorpions from Ennedi, Kapka and Tibesti, the mountains of Chad, with descriptions of nine new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae). Arthropoda selecta 21(4): 307–338. Abstract, with link to PDF. Reference page. 

2016

• Lourenço, W.R. 2016. A preliminary synopsis on amber scorpions with special reference to Burmite species: an extraordinary development of our knowledge in only 20 years. ZooKeys 600: 75–87. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.600.8913. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2016. Scorpions from the Mitaraka Massif in French Guiana: Description of one new genus and species (Scorpiones: Chactidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies 339(3–4): 141–146. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2016.02.003 Reference page. 

2017

• Lourenço, W.R. 2017. A new species of Physoctonus Mello-Leitão, 1934 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the ‘Campos formations’ of southern Amazonia. ZooKeys 711: 67—80. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.711.20187. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2017. The geographical patterns of distribution of the genus Teuthraustes Simon, 1878 in Ecuador and description of three new species (Scorpiones, Chactidae). ZooKeys 721: 45–63. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.721.21529. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2017. Description of Tityus (Atreus) cisandinus sp. n. from Ecuadorian Amazonia, with comments on some related species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Arachnida - Rivista Aracnologica Italiana XV: 18–34. Reference page. 

2018

• Lourenço, W.R. & Košulič, O. 2018. A new remarkable species of Alloscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Myanmar (Burma) (Scorpiones, Scorpiopidae). ZooKeys 775: 47–58. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.775.24248 Reference page. 

2020

• Ythier, E., Chevalier, J. & Lourenço, W.R. 2020. A synopsis of the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in French Guiana, with description of four new species. Arachnida - Rivista Aracnologica Italiana Anno VI, Volume XXVIII: 2–33. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Chevalier, J., Gangadin, A. & Ythier, E. 2020. Description of a new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891, from Suriname (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 125(3): 233–239. Reference page. 

2021

• 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. & Ythier, E. 2021. A particular new species of Orthochirus Karsch, 1891 from Somalia (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket 17(4): 335–349. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E., Sadine, S.E., Haddadi, M.L. & Lourenço, W.R. 2021. A new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae) and an interesting new case of vicariance. Faunitaxys 9(21): 1–9. Reference page. 

2022

• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2022. A new species of Lychas C. L. Koch, 1845 from Thailand (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 10(26): 1–7. PDF. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2022. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Western Sahara (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket 18(3): 239–251.
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2022. A new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861, subgenus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Laos (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae). Faunitaxys 10(27): 1–9.
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2022. First record of the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 from Kenya (Scorpiones: Buthidae) and description of a new species. Serket 19(1): 1–6. PDF. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Chevalier, J. & Ythier, E. 2022. Second record of the genus Spinochactas Lourenço, 2016 in French Guiana and description of a new species (Scorpiones: Chactidae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 1–7. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2022.2130505 Reference page. 

2023

• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W. R. 2023. Two new scorpion species from Central Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones: Buthidae).Faunitaxys 11(8): 1–8. Reference page. 
• Lv, H-Y. Lourenço, W. R., & Di, Z-Y. 2023. Scorpiops zhui sp. n., a new species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 from Chongqing, China (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae).Zootaxa 5257(1): 40-48. Reference page. 
• Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2023. A new species of Buthiscus Birula, 1905 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Adrar des Ifoghas, Mali . Faunitaxys 11(22): 1–7. Reference page.