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2015

Article
Zootaxa 4012 (3): 542–552 (4 Sept. 2015)
A new species of the South East Asian genus Sarax Simon, 1892 (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae) and synonymization of Sarax mediterraneus Delle Cave, 1986
MICHAEL SEITER, JONAS WOLFF & CHRISTOPH HÖRWEG
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2014

Article
Zootaxa 3936 (1): 131–140 (18 Mar. 2015)
A new species of the “mexicanus” group of the genus Vaejovis C. L. Koch, 1836 from the Mexican state of Aguascalientes (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae)
GERARDO A. CONTRERAS-FÉLIX, OSCAR F. FRANCKE & ROBERT W. BRYSON JR.
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Article 
Zootaxa 3894 (1): 083–105 (11 Dec. 2014)
Two new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece
VICTOR FET, MATTHEW R. GRAHAM, MICHAEL M. WEBBER & GERGIN BLAGOEV
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Article
Zootaxa 3796 (1): 108–120 (16 May 2014)
A new species of Tityus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from El Edén Cave, Colombia
RICARDO BOTERO-TRUJILLO & EDUARDO FLÓREZ D.
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Article
Zootaxa 3795 (3): 373–382 (13 May 2014)
A new species of Centruroides Marx (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Panama and new distribution records for Centruroides bicolor (Pocock, 1898) and Centruroides granosus (Thorell, 1876)
DIOMEDES QUINTERO ARIAS & LAUREN A. ESPOSITO
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2013

Article
Zootaxa 3734 (2): 130–140 (5 Nov. 2013)
Two new species of Centruroides Marx 1890 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico
Carlos E. Santibáñez-López & Gerardo A. Contreras-Félix

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Article
Zootaxa 3731 (1): 153–170 (29 Oct. 2013)
Odontobuthus tirgari sp. nov. (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the eastern region of the Iranian Plateau
OMID MIRSHAMSI, SARA AZGHADI, SHAHROKH NAVIDPOUR, MANSOUR ALIABADIAN & FRANTIŠEK KOVAŘÍK

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2012

Article
Zootaxa 3506: 63–76 (4 Oct. 2012) 8 plates; 23 references                  Accepted: 14 Sept. 2012
A new species in the scorpion genus Troglotayosicus from forest leaf litter in Southwestern Colombia (Scorpiones, Troglotayosicidae) 
RICARDO BOTERO-TRUJILLO (Colombia), JOSÉ A. OCHOA (Peru), OSCAR A. TOVAR (Colombia) & JULIO E. SOUZA (Colombia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3210: 61–68 (28 Feb. 2012) 3 plates; 14 references                  Accepted: 20 Jan. 2012
On the taxonomic status of Chactas camposi Mello–Leitão, 1939 (Scorpiones, Chactidae) 
JOSÉ A. OCHOA & RICARDO PINTO–DA–ROCHA (Brazil)
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2011

Editorial
Zootaxa 3148: 115–117 (23 Dec. 2011
Order Scorpiones C.L. Koch, 1850. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

LORENZO PRENDINI
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Article
Zootaxa 2992: 61–68 (11 Aug. 2011) 5 plates; 15 references                     Accepted: 28 Jun. 2011
Diplocentrus bicolor sp. n. (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae) from Jalisco, Mexico 
GERARDO A. CONTRERAS-FÉLIX & CARLOS E. SANTIBÁÑEZ-LÓPEZ (Mexico)
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Article
Zootaxa 2929: 1–21 (24 Jun. 2011) 8 plates; 63 references                         Accepted: 1 Jun. 2011
Mesobuthus eupeus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Iran: A polytypic species complex
OMID MIRSHAMSI, ALIREZA SARI, ELAHE ELAHI & SHIDOKHT HOSSEINIE (Iran)
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Article
Zootaxa 2904: 1–44 (2 Jun. 2011) 18 plates; 55 references                         Accepted: 9 May 2011
A revisionary approach of Colombian Ananteris (Scorpiones, Buthidae): two new species, a new synonymy, and notes on the value of trichobothria and hemispermatophore for the taxonomy of the group
RICARDO BOTERO-TRUJILLO & EDUARDO FLÓREZ D (Colombia)

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Article
Zootaxa 2747: 37–52 (24 Jan. 2011) 11 plates; 25 references                       Accepted: 10 Dec. 2010
On the identity of Microananteris, with a discussion on pectinal morphology, and description of a new Ananteris from Brazil (Scorpiones, Buthidae)
RICARDO BOTERO-TRUJILLO & JORGE ARI NORIEGA (Colombia)

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2010

Article 
Zootaxa 2493: 49–58 (3 Jun. 2010) 4 plates; 19 references                                Accepted: 8 Apr. 2010
A new species of the Vaejovis eusthenura group in Oaxaca, Mexico (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae)
CARLOS SANTIBAÑEZ LÓPEZ (Mexico) & W. DAVID SISSOM (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2488: 52–64 (31 May 2010) 6 plates; 30 references                            Accepted: 20 Apr. 2010
A new Bothriurus (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) from the Somuncura Plateau, with additions to the knowledge to the endemic scorpion fauna of the area
ANDRÉS ALEJANDRO OJANGUREN-AFFILASTRO & IGNACIO GARCIA-MAURO (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2477: 49–61 (19 May 2010) 6 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 8 Apr. 2010
A catalogue of the genus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae) from China, with description of a new species
ZHI-YONG DI, YING-LIANG WU, ZHI-JIAN CAO, HENG XIAO & WEN-XIN LI (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2399: 61–68 (15 Mar. 2010) 3 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 23 Jan. 2010
One new species of scorpion belonging to the genus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Yunan, China (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae)
DONG SUN & MING-SHENG ZHU (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2361: 13–22 (17 Feb. 2010) 5 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 23 Jan. 2010
A new species of the Genus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae) from Yunnan, China
ZHI-YONG DI, ZHI-JIAN CAO, YING-LIANG WU & WEN-XIN LI (P.R. China)

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2009

 Article 
Zootaxa 2313: 61-68 (17 Dec. 2009) 5 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 16 Nov. 2009
A new Vaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from Chiapas, México
KALEB ZÁRATE-GÁLVEZ & OSCAR F. FRANCKE (Mexico)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2247: 51-67 (6 Oct. 2009) 0 plates; 76 references                          Accepted: 10 Sep. 2009
Catalogue of type specimens of invertebrates in the collection of the Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil. V. Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones and Scorpiones
REGIANE SATURNINO, ANA LÚCIA TOURINHO, CLARISSA SALETTE DE AZEVEDO, RENNER
L. C. BAPTISTA & CÉLIO MAGALHÃES (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2222: 46-56 (7 Sep. 2009) 5 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 8 Aug. 2009
A new species of Alacran (Scorpiones: Typhlochactidae)
from a cave in Oaxaca, Mexico
OSCAR F. FRANCKE (Mexico)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2209: 28-42 (26 Aug. 2009) 6 plates; 28 references                           Accepted: 30 Jul. 2009
The genus Orobothriurus Maury in central Argentina with description of a new
species from El Nevado mountain chain in Mendoza Province (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae)
ANDRÉS ALEJANDRO OJANGUREN-AFFILASTRO, FLORENCIA FERNÁNDEZ CAMPÓN,
SUSANA LAGOS SILNIK & CAMILO IVÁN MATTONI (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2120: 27-38 (28 May 2009) 6 plates; 27 references                          Accepted: 28 Apr. 2009
A new species of Microtityus Kjellesvig-Waering (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from
northern Colombia
RICARDO BOTERO-TRUJILLO, MARTHA C. ERAZO-MORENO & GUSTAVO A. PÉREZ (Colombia)

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 Erratum 
Zootaxa 2030: 66-68 (9 Mar. 2009
Erratum—CLAUDIO AUGUSTO R. DE SOUZA et al. (2008) Zootaxa, 1987, 1–38.
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2030: 39-48 (9 Mar. 2009) 5 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 1 Jan. 2009
One new species of the Genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae,
Scorpiopinae) from Xizang, China
ZHI-YONG DI, MING-SHENG ZHU (China)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2001: 1-126 (4 Feb. 2009) 92 plates; 71 references                           Accepted: 4 Dec. 2008
Tarsal spinules and setae of vaejovid scorpions (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae)

KARI J. MCWEST
(USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1987: 1-38 (23 Jan. 2009) 23 plates; 38 references                           Accepted: 4 Dec. 2008
On the Tityus stigmurus complex (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

CLAUDIO AUGUSTO R. DE SOUZA, DENISE M. CANDIDO, SYLVIA MARLENE LUCAS &
ANTONIO DOMINGOS BRESCOVIT (Brazil)
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2008

 Article 
Zootaxa 1943: 37-52 (26 Nov. 2008) 9 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 26 Oct. 2008
The chaerilid scorpions of China (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae)
MING-SHENG ZHU (China), GUANG-XIN HAN (China) & WILSON R.
LOURENço (France)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1853: 31-44 (20 Aug. 2008) 5 plates; 29 references                              Accepted: 1 Aug. 2008
Description of Vachoniochactas humboldti sp. nov. from Colombia, with complementary notes on the genus (Scorpiones, Chactidae)
EDUARDO FLOREZ D. (Colombia), RICARDO BOTERO-TRUJILLO (Colombia) & LUIS E. ACOSTA (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1828: 57-68 (23 Jul. 2008) 4 plates; 37 references                              Accepted: 17 Jun. 2008
Discovery and description of the male of Tityus uquirensis (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Paria Peninsula, northeastern Venezuela

LEONARDO DE SOUSA (Venezuela), JESUS MANZANILLA (Spain), ADOLFO BORGES (Venezuela), PABLO CORNEJO-ESCOBAR (Venezuela) & TONIO GREGORIANI (Venezuela)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1743: 34-42 (7 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 18 Feb. 2008
First record of the scorpion genus Chactopsis Kraepelin in Colombia, with the description of Chactopsis carolinae sp. nov. (Scorpiones: Chactidae)
RICARDO BOTERO-TRUJILLO (Colombia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1742: 53-60 (7 Apr. 2008) 5 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 18 Feb. 2008
A new species of Diplocentrus (Arachnida: Scorpiones) from Oaxaca, Mexico
CARLOS E. SANTIBANEZ-LOPEZ & OSCAR F. FRANCKE (Mexico)

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2007

 Article 
Zootaxa 1623: 55-68 (26 Oct. 2007)  5 plates; 41 references                            Accepted: 20 Sep. 2007
Two new scorpion species of genus Brachistosternus (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae) from northern Chile
ANDRES A. OJANGUREN-AFFILASTRO (Argentina), PABLO AGUSTO (Chile), JAIME PIZARRO-ARAYA (Chile) & CAMILO I. MATTONI (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1595: 61-68 (26 Sep. 2007)  4 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 29 Aug. 2007
A new species of Ananteris Thorell (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Colombia
RICARDO BOTERO-TRUJILLO (Colombia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1582: 19-25 (12 Sep. 2007)  3 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 9 Jul. 2007
One new species of scorpion belonging to the genus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from South China (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae)
MING-SHENG ZHU (P. R. China), LU ZHANG (P. R. China) & WILSON R. LOURENCO (France)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1466: 47-54 (7 May 2007) 2 plates; 22 references                             Accepted: 6 Jan. 2007
A new endemic scorpion species from the Somuncura Plateau, in northern Patagonia (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae)
ANDRES ALEJANDRO OJANGUREN-AFFILASTRO (Argentina)

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2006

Zootaxa 1302: 21-30 (24 Aug. 2006)  4 plates; 14  references                        Accepted:  18 May 2006
A new troglobitic Pseudouroctonus Stahnke (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from northern México

O.F. FRANCKE (Mexico) & W.E. SAVARY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1269: 31-41 (24 Jul. 2006) 1 plate; 27 references                                Accepted: 16 Jun. 2006
Description of a new species of Heteroscorpion Birula, 1903 (Scorpiones, Heteroscorpionidae) from the Montagne des Français in extreme northern Madagascar
W.R. LOURENÇO (France) & S.M. GOODMAN (Madagascar) 
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Zootaxa 1260: 27-35 (14 Jul. 2006)  5 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 13 Jun. 2006
Description of the male of Tityus martinpaechi Lourenço, 2001 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) 
C.A.R. DE SOUZA (Brazil), D.M. CANDIDO (Brazil) & W.R. LOURENÇO (France) 
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Zootaxa 1107: 49-68 (13 Jan. 2006) 8 plates; 41 references                               Accepted: 2 Nov. 2005
Description of a new Tityus species (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Sierra de Portuguesa, western Venezuela, based on morphological and mitochondrial DNA evidence
A. BORGES, L. DE SOUSA  & J. MANZANILLA (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 1088: 33-43 (29 Nov. 2005) 1 plate; 21 references                            Accepted:  19 Oct. 2005
A new species of Vaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from Coahuila and Nuevo Leon, and a key to the vaejovid species from northeastern and north-central Mexico
W. DAVID SISSOM  & BRENT E. HENDRIXSON  (USA)
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Zootaxa 985: 1-16 (19 May 2005) 8 plates; 43 references                                 Accepted: 6 Apr. 2005
Description of two new species of scorpions from China (Tibet) belonging to the genera Mesobuthus Vachon (Buthidae) and Heterometrus Ehrenberg (Scorpionidae)
W.R. LOURENÇO (France), J.-X. QI (P.R. China) & M.-S. ZHU (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 984: 1-8 (19 May 2005) 3 plates; 25 references                                 Accepted: 11 Feb. 2005
First record of the scorpion genus Chactas Gervais, 1844, for Brazil with description of a new species from western State of Amazonas (Scorpiones: Chactidae)
W.R. LOURENÇO (France), N.O. AGUIAR (Brazil) & E. FRANKLIN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 934: 1-12 (8 Apr. 2005) 58 references                                                    Accepted: 29 Mar. 2005
Nomenclatural notes in Scorpiones (Arachnida)
L.E. ACOSTA (Argentina) & V. FET (USA)
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Zootaxa 916: 1-15 (24 Mar. 2005) 3 plates; 37 references                                  Accepted:10 Mar. 2005
Rediscovery of Orobothriurus bivittatus (Thorell 1877) stat. n., comb. n. in the Sierra del Tontal, Argentina (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae)
L.E. ACOSTA (Argentina
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Zootaxa 869: 1-7 (25 Feb. 2005) 2 plates; 15 references                                    Accepted: 10 Feb. 2005
Notes on Tityus confluens Borelli, 1899 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Brazil
R. BERTANI, R. MARTINS & M.A. CARVALHO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 187: 1-12 (24 April 2003) 3 plates, 14 references                         Accepted: 16 April 2003
Description of a new Patagonian species of Urophonius Pocock (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae), from Meseta de Somuncurá, Argentina 
LUIS E. ACOSTA
(Argentina)

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