The genus Brachistosternus (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) in Chile, with descriptions of two new species

Title Variants

Alternative: Chilean Brachistosternus scorpions

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3564

By

Ojanguren Affilastro, Andrés A.

Mattoni, Camilo I.
Prendini, Lorenzo

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2007

Notes

Title from caption.

"May 16, 2007."

Abstract also in Spanish.

"We review the taxonomy of the Brachistosternus Pocock, 1893 scorpions of Chile, providing revised diagnoses, comprehensive distribution maps (based on all known locality records), and an illustrated key to all Chilean species of the genus. Two new species, Brachistosternus (Leptosternus) chango, n.sp., and Brachistosternus (Leptosternus) kamanchaca, n.sp., are described from northern Chile. The phylogenetic affinities of B. chango are unclear. Some characters suggest that this species may be related to Brachistosternus (L.) artigasi Cekalovic, 1974 but others suggest that it may be related to Brachistosternus (L.) roigalsinai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002. Brachistosternus kamanchaca, in contrast, appears to be closely related to Brachistosternus (L.) donosoi Cekalovic, 1974 and other species from the plains of northern Chile and southern Perú"--P. [1].

Subjects

Arachnida , Brachistosternus , Brachistosternus (Leptosternus) chango , Brachistosternus (Leptosternus) kamanchaca , Chile , Classification , Scorpions

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3564, 2007

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)517[1:TGBSBI]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 133095856