| Brachistosternus | |
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| Brachistosternus chimba | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Bothriuridae |
| Genus: | Brachistosternus Pocock, 1893 |
Brachistosternus is a scorpion genus in the Bothriuridae family.[1][2] B. ehrenbergii is the most cited species in the genus.[3] The genus is distributed in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru.[4]
Species
Brachistosternus contains the following fifty species:[2]
- Brachistosternus aconcagua Ojanguren Affilastro & Luisa-Scioscia, 2007
- Brachistosternus alienus Lönnberg, 1898
- Brachistosternus anandrovestigia Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
- Brachistosternus andinus Chamberlin, 1916
- Brachistosternus angustimanus Ojanguren Affilastro & Roig Alsina, 2001
- Brachistosternus artigasi Cekalovic, 1974
- Brachistosternus barrigai Ojanguren Affilastro & Pizarro-Araya, 2014
- Brachistosternus castroi Mello-Leitao, 1940 (nomen dubium)
- Brachistosternus cekalovici Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005
- Brachistosternus cepedai Ojanguren Affilastro, Augusto, Pizarro-Araya & Mattoni, 2007
- Brachistosternus chango Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2007
- Brachistosternus chilensis Kraepelin, 1911
- Brachistosternus chimba Ojanguren Affilastro, Alfaro & Pizarro-Araya, 2021
- Brachistosternus contisuyu Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
- Brachistosternus coquimbo Ojanguren Affilastro, Augusto, Pizarro-Araya & Mattoni, 2007
- Brachistosternus donosoi Cekalovic, 1974
- Brachistosternus ehrenbergii (Gervais, 1841)
- Brachistosternus ferrugineus (Thorell, 1876)
- Brachistosternus gayi Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
- Brachistosternus galianoae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
- Brachistosternus holmbergi Carbonell, 1923 (nomen dubium)
- Brachistosternus intermedius Lönnberg, 1902
- Brachistosternus kamanchaca Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2007
- Brachistosternus kovariki Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
- Brachistosternus llullaillaco Ojanguren Affilastro, Alfaro & Pizarro-Araya, 2021
- Brachistosternus mattonii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005
- Brachistosternus misti Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
- Brachistosternus montanus Roig Alsina, 1977
- Brachistosternus multidentatus Maury, 1984
- Brachistosternus negrei Cekalovic, 1975
- Brachistosternus ninapo Ochoa, 2004
- Brachistosternus ochoai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2004
- Brachistosternus paposo Ojanguren Affilastro & Pizarro-Araya, 2014
- Brachistosternus paulae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
- Brachistosternus pegnai Cekalovic, 1969
- Brachistosternus pentheri Mello-Leitao, 1931
- Brachistosternus perettii Ojanguren Affilastro & Mattoni, 2006
- Brachistosternus peruvianus Toledo Piza, 1974
- Brachistosternus philippii Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
- Brachistosternus piacentinii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
- Brachistosternus prendinii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
- Brachistosternus quiscapata Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
- Brachistosternus roigalsinai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
- Brachistosternus sciosciae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
- Brachistosternus simoneae Lourenço, 2000 (nomen dubium)
- Brachistosternus telteca Ojanguren Affilastro, 2000
- Brachistosternus titicaca Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
- Brachistosternus turpuq Ochoa, 2002
- Brachistosternus weyenberghi (Thorell, 1876)
- Brachistosternus zambrunoi Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
References
- "Brachistosternus Pocock, 1893". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- Rein, Jan Ove (2022). "Bothriuridae Pocock, 1893". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- José A. Ochoai; André S.A. Ojanguren Affilastro (April 2007). "Systematics and distribution of Brachistosternus (Brachistosternus) ehrenbergii (Gervais, 1841), with the first record of stridulation in this genus Brachistosternus (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae)" (PDF). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 42 (1): 61–69. Bibcode:2007SNFE...42...61O. doi:10.1080/01650520600800310.
- W. David Sissom (1990). Gary A. Polis (ed.). "Systematics, Biogeography, and Paleontology". The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press: 88. ISBN 0804712492.