Androctonus ishtar

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Scorpiones Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia: Buthidae
Genus: Androctonus
Species: Androctonus ishtar

Name

Androctonus ishtar Yağmur, Kachel, Al-Khazali, Al-Jubouri & Ali, 2025.

Type locality: Iraq, Duhok Province, Zakho, Asihe (37.018056°N, 42.706111°E), 692 meters elevation.

Typus: Holotype Male ♂, AZMM/Sco-2024:51, legit H.S. Kachel and F R. Ali, 28.VIII.2024. Paratypes 4 Males ♂, 6 Females ♀. and 1 juvenile.

Synonymy

Androctonus ishtar Yağmur, Kachel, Al-Khazali, Al-Jubouri & Ali, 2025: 1758, Figs. 1–8, Table 1 (Original combination)

(Note: Yağmur et al., 2025 include sub-header with several prior combinations of valid Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807), possibly deemed misidentifications of Androctonus ishtar).

References

Primary references

Yağmur, E.A., Kachel, H.S., Al-Khazali, A.M., Al-Jubouri, M.A.K. & Ali, F.R. 2025. Androctonus ishtar sp. n. from Dohuk and Nineveh provinces, Iraq (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Journal of Natural History 59(25–28): 1757–1773. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2496290 Reference page.