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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Scorpiones
Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia: Bothriuridae
Genera (15): Bothriurus – Brachistosternus – Brandbergia – Brazilobothriurus – Centromachetes – Cercophonius – Lisposoma – Orobothriurus – Pachakutej – Phoniocercus – Rumikiru – Tehuankea – Thestylus – Timogenes – Urophonius – Vachonia
Name

Bothriuridae Simon, 1880

References
Primary references

Simon, E. 1880: Études arachnologiques 12e Mémorie (1). XVII. Descriptions de Genres et Espèces de l’ordre Scorpiones. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (5),10: 377–398.

Additional references

Fet, V.; Braunwalder, M.E. 2000: Case 3119. Vachoniainae Maury, 1973 (Arachnida, Scorpiones): proposed conservation as the correct spelling to remove homonymy with Vachoniidae Chamberlin, 1947 (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 57(1): 24–25. BHL PDF

Links

BHL bibliography
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
Bothriuridae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Bothriuridae.
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The Bothriuridae are a family of scorpions, comprising 151 species in 16 genera.[1]

The family has representatives in temperate and subtropical habitats from four continents: South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. One genus (Cercophonius) has recently been discovered in the Himalayas.

The members of this family have a unique feature - the normally pentagonal sternum consists of two transverse bars (except Liposoma and Tehuankea) and is several times broader than long.
Genus and species

Bothriurus Peters, 1861

Bothriurus araguayae Vellard, 1934
Bothriurus asper Pocock, 1893
Bothriurus bertae Abalos, 1955
Bothriurus bocki Kraepelin, 1911
Bothriurus bonariensis (C. L. Koch, 1842)
Bothriurus buecherli San Martín, 1934
Bothriurus burmeisteri Kraepelin, 1894
Bothriurus ceii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2007
Bothriurus cerradoensis Lourenço et al., 2004
Bothriurus chacoensis Maury & Acosta, 1993
Bothriurus chilensis (Molina, 1782)
Bothriurus cordubensis Acosta, 1955
Bothriurus coriaceus Pocock, 1893
Bothriurus dumayi (Cekalovic, 1974)
Bothriurus flavidus Kraepelin, 1911
Bothriurus guarani Maury, 1984
Bothriurus huincul Mattoni, 2007
Bothriurus illudens Mello-Leitão, 1947
Bothriurus inermis Maury, 1981
Bothriurus jesuita Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
Bothriurus keyserlingi Pocock, 1893
Bothriurus maculatus Kraepelin, 1911
Bothriurus mochaensis Cekalovic, 1982
Bothriurus moojeni Mello-Leitão, 1945
Bothriurus nendai Ojanguren Affilastro & Garcia-Mauro, 2010
Bothriurus noa Maury, 1984
Bothriurus olaen Acosta, 1997
Bothriurus pampa Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
Bothriurus patagonicus Maury, 1968
Bothriurus pichicuy Mattoni, 2002
Bothriurus picunche Mattoni, 2002
Bothriurus pora Mattoni & Acosta, 2005
Bothriurus prospicuus Mello-Leitão, 1932
Bothriurus rochai Mello-Leitão, 1932
Bothriurus rochensis San Martín, 1965
Bothriurus rubescens Mello-Leitão, 1947
Bothriurus sanctacrucis Mattoni, 2007
Bothriurus signatus Pocock, 1893
Bothriurus sooretamensis San Martín, 1966
Bothriurus trivittatus Werner, 1939
Bothriurus vachoni San Martín, 1968
Bothriurus vittatus (Guerin Meneville, 1838)
Bothriurus voyati Maury, 1973
Bothriurus ypsilon Mello-Leitão, 1935

Brachistosternus Pocock, 1893

Brachistosternus aconcagua Ojanguren Affilastro & Luisa-Scioscia, 2007
Brachistosternus alienus Lönnberg, 1898
Brachistosternus andinus Chamberlin, 1916
Brachistosternus angustimanus Ojanguren Affilastro & Roig Alsina, 2001
Brachistosternus artigasi Cekalovic, 1974
Brachistosternus castroi Mello-Leitão, 1940
Brachistosternus cekalovici Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005
Brachistosternus cepedai Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2007
Brachistosternus chango Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2007
Brachistosternus chilensis Kraepelin, 1911
Brachistosternus coquimbo Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2007
Brachistosternus donosoi Cekalovic, 1974
Brachistosternus ehrenbergii (Gervais, 1841)
Brachistosternus ferrugineus (Thorell, 1876)
Brachistosternus galianoae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
Brachistosternus holmbergi Carbonell, 1923 [nomen dubium]
Brachistosternus intermedius Lönnberg, 1902
Brachistosternus kamanchaca Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2007
Brachistosternus kovariki Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
Brachistosternus mattonii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005
Brachistosternus montanus Roig Alsina, 1977
Brachistosternus multidentatus Maury, 1984
Brachistosternus negrei Cekalovic, 1975
Brachistosternus ninapo Ochoa, 2004
Brachistosternus ochoai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2004
Brachistosternus paulae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
Brachistosternus pegnai Cekalovic, 1969
Brachistosternus pentheri Mello-Leitão, 1931
Brachistosternus perettii Ojanguren Affilastro & Mattoni, 2006
Brachistosternus peruvianus Toledo Piza, 1974
Brachistosternus piacentinii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
Brachistosternus prendini Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
Brachistosternus quiscapata Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
Brachistosternus roigalsinai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
Brachistosternus sciosciae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
Brachistosternus simoneae Lourenço, 2000
Brachistosternus telteca Ojanguren Affilastro, 2000
Brachistosternus titicaca Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
Brachistosternus turpuq Ochoa, 2002
Brachistosternus weyenberghi (Thorell, 1876)
Brachistosternus zambrunoi Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002

Brandbergia Prendini, 2003

Brandbergia haringtoni Prendini, 2003

Brazilobothriurus Lourenço & Monod, 2000

Brazilobothriurus pantanalensis Lourenço & Monod, 2000

Centromachetes Lønnberg, 1897

Centromachetes obscurus Mello-Leitão, 1932
Centromachetes pocockii (Kraepelin, 1894)
Centromachetes titschaki (Werner, 1939)

Cercophonius Peters, 1861

Cercophonius granulosus Kraepelin, 1908
Cercophonius himalayensis Lourenço, 1996
Cercophonius kershawi Glauert, 1930
Cercophonius michaelseni Kraepelin, 1908
Cercophonius queenslandae Acosta, 1990
Cercophonius squama (Gervais, 1843)
Cercophonius sulcatus Kraepelin, 1908

Lisposoma Lawrence, 1928

Lisposoma elegans Lawrence, 1928
Lisposoma joseehermana Lamoral, 1979

Orobothriurus Maury, 1975

Orobothriurus alticola (Pocock, 1899)
Orobothriurus ampay Ochoa & Acosta, 2003
Orobothriurus atiquipa Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
Orobothriurus calchaqui Ochoa et al., 2011
Orobothriurus compagnuccii Ochoa et al., 2011
Orobothriurus curvidigitus (Kraepelin, 1911)
Orobothriurus famatina Acosta & Ochoa, 2001
Orobothriurus grismadoi Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2009
Orobothriurus huascaran Ochoa et al., 2011
Orobothriurus paessleri (Kraepelin, 1911)
Orobothriurus parvus Maury, 1975
Orobothriurus quewerukana Ochoa et al., 2011
Orobothriurus ramirezi Ochoa et al., 2011
Orobothriurus tamarugal Ochoa et al., 2011
Orobothriurus wawita Acosta & Ochoa, 2000

Pachakutej Ochoa, 2004

Pachakutej crassimanus (Maury, 1975)
Pachakutej inca (Maury, 1975)
Pachakutej iskay (Acosta & Ochoa, 2001)
Pachakutej juchuicha Ochoa, 2004
Pachakutej oscari Ochoa, 2004
Pachakutej peruvianus (Mello-Leitão, 1948)

Phoniocercus Pocock, 1893

Phoniocercus pictus Pocock, 1893
Phoniocercus sanmartini Cekalovic, 1968

Rumikiru Ojanguren-Affilastro et al., 2012

Rumikiru atacama Ojanguren-Affilastro et al., 2012
Rumikiru lourençoi (Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003)

Tehuankea Cekalovic, 1973

Tehuankea moyanoi Cekalovic, 1973

Thestylus Simon, 1880

Thestylus aurantiurus Yamaguti & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2003
Thestylus glasioui Bertkau, 1880
Thestylus signatus Mello-Leitão, 1931 [species inquirenda]

Timogenes Simon, 1880

Timogenes dorbignyi (Guérin Méneville, 1843)
Timogenes elegans (Mello-Leitão, 1931)
Timogenes haplochirus Maury & Roig Alsina, 1977
Timogenes mapuche Maury, 1975
Timogenes sumatranus Simon, 1880

Urophonius Pocock, 1893

Urophonius achalensis Abalos & Hominal, 1974
Urophonius brachycentrus (Thorell, 1876)
Urophonius eugenicus (Mello-Leitão, 1931)
Urophonius exochus (Penther, 1913)
Urophonius granulatus Pocock, 1898
Urophonius iheringi Pocock, 1893
Urophonius mahuidensis Maury, 1973
Urophonius martinezi Ojanguren Affilastro & Cheli, 2009
Urophonius mondacai Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2011
Urophonius pizarroi Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2010
Urophonius somuncura Acosta, 2003
Urophonius transandinus Acosta, 1998
Urophonius tregualemuensis Cekalovic, 1981
Urophonius tumbensis Cekalovic, 1981

Vachonia Abalos, 1954

Vachonia martinezi Abalos, 1954

References

Jan Ove Rein (2012). "Bothriuridae Simon, 1880". The Scorpion Files. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet. Retrieved March 3, 2012.

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