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Tityus obtusus

Description

Tityus obtusus (Karsch, 1879).

DISTRIBUTION. Puerto Rico. This species is widely distributed in this island and has been studied from several points of view (Torres-González, 1965, 1967; Armas, 1977, 1982, 2010; Santiago-Blay, 2009; Teruel & Sánchez, 2010).

Notes

Published as part of de Armas, Luis F., 2020, Scorpions of Puerto Rico and its satellite islands (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Diplocentridae): an аnnotated list, key for genera, and bibliography, pp. 1-8 in Euscorpius 311 on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4648508

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Buthidae
Genus
Tityus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Scorpiones
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Karsch
Species
obtusus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tityus obtusus (Karsch, 1879) sec. Armas, 2020

References

  • KARSCH, F. 1879. Scorpionologische Beitrage. Part II. Mitteilungen des Munchener Entomologischen Vereins, 3: 97 - 136.
  • ARMAS, L. F. DE. 1977. Redescripcion de Tityus obtusus (Karsch, 1879) (Scorpionida: Buthidae). Poeyana, 178: 1 - 7.
  • ARMAS, L. F. DE. 1982. Adiciones a las escorpiofaunas (Arachnida: Scorpiones) de Puerto Rico y de la Republica Dominicana. Poeyana, 237: 1 - 25.
  • ARMAS, L. F. DE. 2010. Nuevos aracnidos de Puerto Rico (Arachnida: Amblypygi, Araneae, Opiliones, Parasitiformes, Schizomida, Scorpiones). Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 47: 55 - 64.