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Issue: Vol. 934 No. 1: 8 Apr. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-04-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.934.1.1
Page range: 1–12
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Nomenclatural notes in Scorpiones (Arachnida)

CONICET - Cátedra de Diversidad Animal I, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Av. Vélez Sarsfield 299, X5000JJC Córdoba, Argentina
Department of Biological Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia 25755-2510 U.S.A.
Scorpions nomenclatural status emendations valid spellings

Abstract

Several previous nomenclatural corrections are analyzed and the valid name determined for each case. These include (a) emendations and subsequent spellings: Brachistosternus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1877a) (Bothriuridae), Urophonius iheringi Pocock, 1893 (Bothriuridae), Lisposoma josehermana Lamoral, 1979 (Bothriuridae), Chactas raymondhansi Francke & Boos, 1986 (Chactidae), Tityus fuhrmanni Kraepelin, 1912 (Buthidae), Parabuthus liosoma (Ehrenberg, 1828) (Buthidae), Hadrurus concolorous Stahnke (Iuridae), Vachoniolus minipectenibus (Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973); (b) incorrect reversal of precedence: Hadogenes hahni (Peters, 1862) n. comb. (Liochelidae); (c) genus and species names that never were available: Pucha, Puchale, Repucha (Francke, 1985; Fet, 1997), Transbothriurus (Mello-Leitão, 1945; Lowe & Fet, 2000), Scorpio maurus punicus Fet, 2000 (replacement name for Scorpio maurus tunetanus Birula, 1910) (Scorpionidae)

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