Androctonus orientalis
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Buthidae
Genus: Androctonus
Species: Androctonus orientalis
Name
Androctonus orientalis (Birula, 1900)
Type locality: Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Khun-kaka (Khun-i-Kaka), 28.29°N 60.38°E.
Lectotype: ZISP. male ♂. 17.VIII.1898. legit N. Zarudny. ZISP 42. (lectotype Prionurus crassicauda orientalis designated by Yağmur et al., 2025: 19)
Synonymy
- Prionurus crassicauda orientalis Birula, 1900: 355 (original combination)
- Buthus (Prionurus) crassicauda orientalis Birula - Birula, 1903: 67
- Androctonus crassicauda orientalis Birula - Vachon, 1958: 124
- Androctonus rostami Barahoei et al., 2025b: 53 (synonymized by Yağmur et al., 2025: 18)
References
Primary references
- Byalynitsky-Birula, A.A. 1900. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Scorpionenfauna Ost-Persiens. (1. Beitrag). Izviestiia Imperatorskoi akademii nauk (= Bulletin de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg) (5) 12(4): 355–375. BHL
Reference page.
Additional references
- Barahoei, H., Mirshamsi, O., Amiri, M., Moeinadini, A. & Rakhshani, E. 2025. Integrative taxonomy reveals the existence of a new species of fat-tailed scorpions, Androctonus (Buthidae), in Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 49(2): 48–74. DOI: 10.55730/1300-0179.3213 ResearchGate
Reference page. - Yağmur, E.A., Kovařík, F., Fet, V.Y., Lowe, G., Moradi, M. & Kalami, F. 2025. Review of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 in Iran, with redescription of A. crassicauda (Olivier, 1807) and A. orientalis (Birula, 1900) stat. n., and descriptions of four new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 422: 1-69. Full article (PDF). Reference page.