Wilson Roberto Lourenço

Wilson Roberto Lourenço, French-Brazilian arachnologist.

• Departement de Systematique et Evolution, USM 0602, Section Arthropodes (Arachnologie), Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, CP 053, 61 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France.
• E-mail: arachne@mnhn.fr

Author abbreviation: Lourenço

Taxon names authored

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• 168 taxon names authored by Wilson Roberto Lourenço

Publications

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1981

• Lourenço, W.R. 1981. Scorpions cavemicoles de I'Equateur: Tityus demangei n. sp. et Ananteris ashmolei n. sp. (Buthidae); Troglotayosicus vachoni n. gen. n. sp. (Chactidae), Scorpion troglobie. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Série 4, Section A, Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie d’Animal 3(2): 635-662. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Eickstedt, V.R.D. 1980–1981. A propósito da indicação de um neótipo para Tityus serrulatus Lutz e Mello, 1922 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Memórias do Instituto Butantan 44–45: 181–190. PDF Reference page. 

1982

• Lourenço, W.R. 1982. Révision du genre Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) et déscription de six espèces nouvelles. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Série 4, Section A, Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie d’Animal 4(1-2): 119-151. Reference page. 

1984

• Lourenço, W.R. 1984. Ananteris luciae, nouvelle espèce de Scorpion de l' Amazonie brasilienne (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Journal of Arachnology 12(3): 279-282. Reference page. 

1986

• Lourenço, W.R. 1986. Les Scorpions de la station ecologique de Lamto (Cote d'Ivoire). Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Série 4, Section A, Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie d’Animal 8(1): 199-208. Reference page. 

1987

• Lourenço, W.R. 1987. Description d'une nouvelle espece d' Ananteris collectee dans l'etat de Maranhao, Bresil (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Serie Zoologia 3(1): 19-23. Reference page. 

1989

• Lourenço & Florez 1989. Los escorpiones (Chelicerata) de Colombia. I. La Fauna de la Isla Gorgona. Approximación biogeografica. Caldasia 16(76): 66-70. Reference page. 

1990

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

1991

• Lourenço, W.R. 1991a. Les Scorpions (Chelicerata) de Colombie. II. Les faunes des regions de Santa Marta et de la Cordillere orientale. Approche biogeographique. Senckenbergiana Biologica 71(4/6): 275-288. Reference page. 
• 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.

1993

• Lourenço, W.R. 1993. A review of the geographical distribution of the genus Ananteris Thorell (Scorpiones: Buthidae), with description of a new species. Revista de Biologia Tropical 41(3): 697-701. Reference page. 

1994

• Lourenço, W.R. 1994. Scorpions Chelicerata de Colombie. VI. Quatre nouvelles especes de Buthidae des regions amazonienne, sud-pacifique et de la Cordillere orientale. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Fisicas y Naturales 19 (73): 387-392. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1995

• Lourenço, W.R. 1995. Description de trois nouveaux genres et quatre nouvelles espèces de Scorpions Buthidae de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Série 4, Section A, Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie d’Animal 17(1-2): 95–106. Reference page. 

1997

• Lourenço, W.R. 1997. A new genus and species of scorpion (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Pakistan. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 12(155): 153–157. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 1997a. A reappraisal of the geographical distribution of the genus Ananteris Thorell (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Biogeographica (Paris) 73(2): 81-85. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Vachon, M. 1997. Un nouveau genre et quatre nouvelles espéces de scorpions (Buthidae) du Moyen-Orient. Zoosystema 19(2-3): 327–336. Reference page. 

1998

• Lourenço, W.R. 1998 Panbiogeographie, les distributions disjointes et le concept de famille relictuelle chez les scorpions. Biogeographica 74(3): 133–144. Reference page. 

1999

• Lourenço, W.R. 1999. New species of Ananteris from the north of Chocó, Colombia (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Zoologia 70(2): 93-98. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 1999a. Some remarks about Ananteris festae Borelli, 1899 and description of a new species of Ananteris Thorell from Ecuador (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 13(160): 95-100. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Monod, L. 1999. A new species of Ananteris Thorell from French Guyana (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Revue suisse de zoologie 106(2): 301–306. Reference page. 

2000

• Lourenço, W.R. 2000. Confirmation d’une espèce nouvelle appartenant au genre Butheoloides Hirst (Scorpiones, Buthidae) du Nigéria. Revue Arachnologique 13(9): 129-133. Reference page. 
• 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. 

2001

• Lourenço, W.R. 2001. Taxonomic considerations on the genera Butheolus Simon, Nanobuthus Pocock and Neobuthus Hirst (Scorpions, Buthidae) with the description of a new species of Neobuthus from Ethiopia. Ecology of Desert Environments 2001: 171–183. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2001a. Un nouveau genre de Buthidae, probable vicariant geographique d ́Anomalobuthus Kraepelin (Chelicerata, Scorpiones). Biogeographica 77(1): 15–20. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2001b. A propos de quelques decisions taxonomiques concernant des scorpions des families Buthidae, Chaerilidae et Scorpiopidae. Biogeographica 77(4): 173–175. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2001d. Description of a new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1859 from Bolivia (Scorpiones, Buthidae), with comments on the distribution of the genus. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 13(63): 271-277. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2001e. Description of a new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891 from the south of French Guyana (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Zoosystema 23(4): 689-693. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2001f. Further taxonomic considerations on the Northwestern African species of Buthacus Birula (Scorpiones, Buthidae), and description of two new species. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 13(63): 255-269. Reference page. 

2002

• Lourenço, W.R. 2002a. Nouvelles considérations sur la systématique et la biogéographie du genre Butheoloides Hirst (Scorpiones, Buthidae) avec description d’un nouveau sous-genre et de deux nouvelles especes. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 109 (4): 725-733. Reference page. 
• 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.
• 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. 

2003

• Lourenço, W.R. 2003. Humicolous buthoid scorpions: A new genus and species from French Guiana. Comptes Rendus Biologies vol. 326(12): 1149–1155. Science Direct. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2003.09.003 (English, French) Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2003a. 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. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2003b. The genus Ananteris Thorell (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in French Guyana. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 7: 183–188. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Slimani, T. & Berahou, A. 2003. Le genre Butheoloides Hirst (Scorpiones, Buthidae) ; description d'une nouvelle espèce pour le Maroc avec des considérations écologiques et biogéographiques. Biogéographica 79(1): 19–30. Reference page. 

2004

• Lourenço, W.R. 2004. A new species of Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 from India (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(169): 157-163. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2004a. List of the species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) with the description of a new species from the State of Bahia, Brazil. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 10: 163−166. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2004b. The genus Ananteris Thorell (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in the Brazilian Amazonia. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 9: 137-140. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2004c. New considerations on the Northwestern African species of Buthacus Birula (Scorpiones, Buthidae) and description of a new species. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 10: 225-231. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

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. 2005a. Humicolous buthoid scorpions: a new species from Brazilian Amazon. Comptes Rendus Biologies 328(10-11): 949-954. Reference page. 
• Monod, L. & Lourenço, W.R. 2005. Hemiscorpiidae (Scorpiones) from Iran, with descriptions of two new species and notes on biogeography and phylogenetic relationships. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 112 (4): 869-941. 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.
• Qi, J.X., Zhu, M.S. & Lourenço, W.R. 2005. Eight new species of the genera Scorpiops Peters, Euscorpiops Vachon, and Chaerilus Simon (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Chaerilidae) from Tibet and Yunnan, China. Euscorpius 32: 1-40 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2006

• Lourenço, W.R. 2006. Further considerations on the genus Buthacus Birula, 1908 (Scorpiones, Buthidae), with a description of one new species and two new subspecies. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 38: 59-70. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Motta, P.C. & da Silva, E.A. 2006. Further considerations on the genus Ananteris Thorell (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in Brazilian Amazonia, and description of a new species.Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa no. 38: 109−112. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Qi, J.X. 2006. A new species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 from Afghanistan (Scorpiones, Scorpiopidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(173): 277-285. Reference page. 
• 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. 

2007

• Lourenço, W.R. 2007. First record of the family Pseudochactidae Gromov (Chelicerata, Scorpiones) from Laos and new biogeographic evidence of a Pangaean palaeodistribution. Comptes rendus biologies, 330(10): 770–777. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.07.006. . Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007a. Notes on the taxonomy and geographical distribution of Buthiscus bicalcaratus Birula, 1905 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(165): 11-16. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007b. Further taxonomic considerations about the genus Charmus Karsch, 1879 (Scorpiones, Buthidae), with the description of a new species from Sri Lanka. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(165): 17-25. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007c. Notes on Isometroides vescus (Karsch, 1880) (Scorpiones, Buthidae), an endemic element to Australia. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(167): 105-110. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007d. Taxonomic notes on Chactas reticulatus Kraepelin, 1912 (Scorpiones, Chactidae), one of the scorpion species collected during the Fuhrmann’s expedition to Colombia. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(167): 111-116. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007e. About two species of liochelid scorpions collected in Western Africa (Scorpiones, Liochelidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(168): 137-148. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007f. A new species of Compsobuthus Vachon 1949 from India (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(169): 157-163. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007g. Description of a new species of Buthacus Birula,1908 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Afghanistan. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(170): 205-210. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007h. On the genus Hottentotta Birula 1908, with the description of a new species from Chad (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(170): 211-218. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2007i. A new species of Tityus Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Ecuador. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(171): 221-227. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Qi, J.X. 2007. A new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Mali. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(176): 387-392. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Qi, J.X. & Lourenço, W.R. 2007. Distribution of endemic relict groups of Saharan scorpions, with the description of a new genus and species from Mauritania. Comptes Rendus Biologies 330(1): 80-85. 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. & Leguin, E. 2008. The true identity of Scorpio (Atreus) obscurus Gervais, 1843 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius 75: 1–9. DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2008.vol2008.iss75.1 Reference page. 
• 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., Aguiar-Neto, M.B. & Limeira-de-Oliveira, F. 2009. A new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the state of Maranhão, Brazil. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 45: 91-94. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• 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. & Duhem, B. 2010: Buthid scorpions found in caves; a new species of Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from southern Vietnam. Comptes rendus biologies 333(8): 631–636. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2010.05.005 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Duhem, B. 2010a. Further considerations on the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in Brazilian Amazonia and description of two new species. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 47: 33-38. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Zambre, A.M. & Lourenço, W.R. 2010. A new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from India. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 46(2010): 115-119. Full article (PDF). 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. 2012: The genus Vietbocap Lourenço & Pham, 2010 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae); proposition of a new subfamily and description of a new species from Laos. Comptes rendus biologies 335(3): 232–237. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2012.02.001 . Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2012a. More about the genus Chaerilus Simon, 1877 in Vietnam and Cambodia, with descriptions of two new species (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae). Arthropoda Selecta 21(3): 235–241. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.21.3.05 . Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2012b. The genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in the Northeastern region of Brazil and description of a new species. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 50: 73-76. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2012c. The genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in Guyanas region, with a description of a new species from Suriname. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 18(188): 41-47. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2012d. Humiculous scorpions: on the genera Ananteris Thorell, 1891 and Microananteris Lourenço, 2004 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), with the description of a new species from French Guiana. Comptes rendus biologies 335(3): 555-561. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Pham, D.S. 2012. A second species of Vietbocap Lourenço & Pham, 2010 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae) from Vietnam. Comptes Rendus Biologies 35(1): 80-85.

2013

• Lourenço, W.R. 2013. A New Species of Tityus C. L. Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Dominican Amber. Euscorpius 156: 1-5. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2013a. A new subgenus and species of Alloscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Laos (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae); implications for the taxonomy of the group. Comptes Rendus Biologies 336: 51-55. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2013b. The remarkable peri-Saharan distribution of the genus Butheoloides Hirst (Scorpiones, Buthidae), with the description of a new species from Cameroon. Comptes Rendus Biologies 336: 515-520. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2013c. The genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in the Guayana region and a description of a new species from Guyana. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 16(190): 101-109. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2013d. The Buthacus Birula, 1908 populations from Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria (Scorpiones, Buthidae) and description of a new species. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 16(190): 89-99. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Ponce de Leão Giupponi, A. & Leguin, E.A. 2013. Description of three more new species of the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 85(2): 709-725. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2015

• Aswathi, K., Sureshan, P.M. & Lourenҫo, W.R. 2015. A new scorpion from the genus Buthoscorpio Werner, 1936 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Kerala, India. Taprobanica. 7(4): 213-218. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2015. What do we know about some of the most conspicuous scorpion species of the genus Tityus? A historical approach. Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 21: 1–12. DOI: 10.1186/s40409-015-0016-9 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2015a. Comments on the Ananterinae Pocock, 1900 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) and description of a new remarkable species of Ananteris from Peru. Comptes Rendus Biologies 338(2): 134-139. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Leguin, E.-A. 2015. A new species of Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Armenia. Zoology in the Middle East 61(3): 273-277. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Sadine, S.E. 2015. A new species of "Buthacus Birula", 1908 from the region of Ghardaïa, Algeria (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 27: 55-59. Full article (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. 2016a. 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. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2016b. Scorpions from the Mitaraka Massif in French Guiana II. Description of one new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies 339: 214–221. 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. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2017a. Second record of the genus Troglokhammouanus Lourenço, 2007 from Laos, with the description of a new species (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae). Acta Arachnologica 66(1): 19-24. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Kourim, M.L. & Sadine, S.E. 2017. Scorpions from the region of Tamanrasset, Algeria. Part I. A new species of Buthacus Birula, 1908 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). ARACHNIDA - Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 8: 31-41. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R., Sadine, S.E., Bissati, S. & Houtia, A. 2017. The genus Buthacus Birula, 1908 in Northern and Central Algeria; description of a new species and comments on possible microendemic populations (Scorpiones: Buthidae). ARACHNIDA - Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 3(12): 18-30. 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

• Lourenco, W.R. 2018. Scorpions at high altitudes: A new species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) from the Taxkorgan Reserve, Xinjiang, China. Comptes Rendus Biologies 341: 362-369. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Rossi, A. 2018. A new species of Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 from Aïr Massif, Niger (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Onychium 14: 3-8. Full article (PDF Reference page. 
• Lourenco, W.R., Pham, D.S., Thi-Hang Tran & Thi-Hang Tran 2018. The genus Vietbocap Lourenço & Pham, 2010 in the Thien Duong cave, Vietnam: A possible case of subterranean speciation in scorpions (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies 341: 264-273. Reference page. 

2019

• Lourenço, W.R. & Motta, P.C. 2019. The genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (scorpiones: Buthidae) in central Brazil, with description of one new species. Revista Iberica de Arachnologia 2019(35): 9-13. 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. Full article (PDF). 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. 2021a. The genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in the state of Amapá Brazil, and description of a new species. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 50: 73.76. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2021b. Some additional comments on the Ananteridae or ‘ Ananteris group’ and description of a new species of Ananteris Thorell from Central Brazil (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Zootaxa 4984(1): 347–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.25. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Motta, P.C. 2021. One more new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Cerrados of the Federal District in Brazil. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 38: 121-125. 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

• Abu Afifeh, B., Al-Saraireh, M., Abu Baker, M., Amr, Z. & Lourenço, W.R. 2022. The genus Buthacus Birula, 1908 in Jordan: description of a new species and comments on possible micro-endemic populations (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Arthropoda Selecta 31(1): 51–62. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2022. Une intéressante nouvelle espèce pour le genre Cheloctonus Pocock, 1892 (Scorpiones : Hormuridae) collectée en République du Congo. Faunitaxys 10(6): 1-7. Reference page. 
• 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. Reference page. 
• 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.
• 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. 
• Badry, A., Saleh, M., Sarhan, M.M.H., Younes, M., Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2023. A new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Sinai, Egypt and comments on its relationships with L. quinquestriatus and L. hebraeus using morphological and molecular evidence. Faunitaxys 11(54): 1–10. Reference page. 

2024

• Nawanetiwong, W., Košulič, O., Warrit, N., Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, E. 2024. A new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861, subgenus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Thailand (Scorpiones, Scorpiopidae). ZooKeys 1193: 161–170. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1193.113398 Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. 2022. Une intéressante nouvelle espèce pour le genre Cheloctonus Pocock, 1892 (Scorpiones : Hormuridae) collectée en République du Congo. Faunitaxys 10(6): 1-7. Reference page. 
• Lourenço, W.R. & Ythier, É. 2024. A new African species of the genus Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1928 from Mali (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket, the Arachnological Bulletin of the Middle East and North Africa 20(2): 58–67. Reference page. 
• Ythier, É. & Lourenço, W.R. 2024. A new species of Hadrurochactas Pocock, 1893 (Scorpiones: Chactidae) from the Mitaraka Massif in French Guiana. Faunitaxys 12(59): 1–9. Online. Reference page. 

2025

• Ythier, E., Košulič, O., Nawanetiwong, W. & Lourenço, W.R. 2025. A newly discovered species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861, subgenus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Doi Phu Kha National Park, Thailand (Scorpiones, Scorpiopidae). ZooKeys 1241: 171–184. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1241.142549 Reference page. 
• Ythier, É., Sadine, S.E., Alioua, Y. & Lourenço, W.R. 2025. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from the Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 13(08): 1–8. DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(08) Reference page.