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Opistophthalmus Koch, 1837

1102821  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1102821)

accepted
Genus
Atreus Koch, 1837 · unaccepted (Lapsus calami, unavailable)
Opisthalamus Cloudsley-Thompson, 1965 · unaccepted (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
Opisthophtalmus Garnier & Stockmann, 1972 · unaccepted (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
Opisthophthalmus Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted (Unjustified emendation)
Opisthopthalmus Maury, 1968 · unaccepted (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
Petrovicus Ausserer, 1880 · unaccepted (Incorrect subsequent spelling of...)  
Incorrect subsequent spelling of Petrooicus
Prothophthalmus Maury, 1975 · unaccepted (Incorrect subsequent spelling)

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  1. Species Opistophthalmus adustus (Kraepelin, 1908)
  2. Species Opistophthalmus ammopus (Lamoral, 1980)
  3. Species Opistophthalmus ater (Purcell, 1898)
  4. Species Opistophthalmus austerus (Karsch, 1879)
  5. Species Opistophthalmus boehmi (Kraepelin, 1896)
  6. Species Opistophthalmus brevicauda (Lawrence, 1928)
  7. Species Opistophthalmus capensis (Herbst, 1800)
  8. Species Opistophthalmus carinatus (Peters, 1861)
  9. Species Opistophthalmus chaperi Simon, 1880
  10. Species Opistophthalmus chrysites (Lawrence, 1967)
  11. Species Opistophthalmus coetzeei (Lamoral, 1979)
  12. Species Opistophthalmus concinnus (Newlands, 1972)
  13. Species Opistophthalmus crassimanus (Purcell, 1899)
  14. Species Opistophthalmus fitzsimonsi (Hewitt, 1935)
  15. Species Opistophthalmus flavescens (Purcell, 1898)
  16. Species Opistophthalmus fossor (Purcell, 1898)
  17. Species Opistophthalmus fuscipes (Purcell, 1898)
  18. Species Opistophthalmus gibbericauda (Lamoral, 1979)
  19. Species Opistophthalmus gigas (Purcell, 1898)
  20. Species Opistophthalmus glabrifrons (Peters, 1861)
  21. Species Opistophthalmus granicauda (Purcell, 1898)
  22. Species Opistophthalmus granifrons (Pocock, 1896)
  23. Species Opistophthalmus haackei (Lawrence, 1966)
  24. Species Opistophthalmus harpei (Harington, 2002)
  25. Species Opistophthalmus holmi (Lawrence, 1969)
  26. Species Opistophthalmus intercedens (Kraepelin, 1908)
  27. Species Opistophthalmus intermedius (Kraepelin, 1894)
  28. Species Opistophthalmus jenseni (Lamoral, 1972)
  29. Species Opistophthalmus karrooensis (Purcell, 1898)
  30. Species Opistophthalmus keilandsi (Hewitt, 1914)
  31. Species Opistophthalmus lamorali Prendini, 2000
  32. Species Opistophthalmus laticauda (Purcell, 1898)
  33. Species Opistophthalmus latimanus Koch, 1841
  34. Species Opistophthalmus lawrencei (Newlands, 1969)
  35. Species Opistophthalmus leipoldti (Purcell, 1898)
  36. Species Opistophthalmus litoralis (Lawrence, 1955)
  37. Species Opistophthalmus longicauda (Purcell, 1899)
  38. Species Opistophthalmus lornae (Lamoral, 1979)
  39. Species Opistophthalmus macer (Thorell, 1876)
  40. Species Opistophthalmus nitidiceps (Pocock, 1896)
  41. Species Opistophthalmus opinatus (Simon, 1888)
  42. Species Opistophthalmus pallipes Koch, 1842
  43. Species Opistophthalmus pattisoni (Purcell, 1899)
  44. Species Opistophthalmus penrithorum (Lamoral, 1979)
  45. Species Opistophthalmus peringueyi (Purcell, 1898)
  46. Species Opistophthalmus pictus (Kraepelin, 1894)
  47. Species Opistophthalmus pluridens (Hewitt, 1918)
  48. Species Opistophthalmus pugnax (Thorell, 1876)
  49. Species Opistophthalmus pygmaeus (Lamoral, 1979)
  50. Species Opistophthalmus schlechteri (Purcell, 1898)
  51. Species Opistophthalmus schultzei (Kraepelin, 1908)
  52. Species Opistophthalmus setifrons (Lawrence, 1961)
  53. Species Opistophthalmus ugabensis (Hewitt, 1934)
  54. Species Opistophthalmus wahlbergii (Thorell, 1876)
  55. Species Opistophthalmus calvus Koch, 1867 accepted as Opistophthalmus latimanus Koch, 1841
  56. Species Opistophthalmus colesbergensis Simon, 1880 accepted as Opistophthalmus austerus (Karsch, 1879)
  57. Species Opistophthalmus maxillosus Koch, 1837 accepted as Opistophthalmus capensis (Herbst, 1800)
  58. Species Opistophthalmus pilosus Koch, 1837 accepted as Opistophthalmus capensis (Herbst, 1800)
marine, brackish
recent only
Koch, C. L. (1837). <em>Übersicht des arachnidensystems. Erstes Heft.</em> Nürnberg, C.H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung. 39 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27438116
page(s): 36 [details]   
IRMNG (2021). Opistophthalmus Koch, 1837. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1102821 on 2024-03-28
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original description Koch, C. L. (1837). <em>Übersicht des arachnidensystems. Erstes Heft.</em> Nürnberg, C.H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung. 39 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27438116
page(s): 36 [details]   

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx .  [details]   

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

status source Francke, O.F. (2019). Conspectus Genericus Scorpionorum 1758–1985 (Arachnida: Scorpiones) updated through 2018. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4657(1): 1-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4657.1.1 [details]   

verified source for family Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).  [details]   

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

current name source Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx .  [details]   

extant flag source Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).  [details]   

habitat flag source as per family [details]   

original description  (of Mossamedes Simon, 1888) Simon, E. (1888). Études arachnologiques. 20° mémoire. XXVIII. Arachnides recueillis dans le sud de l'Afrique par le docteur Hans Schinz. <em>Annales de la Société entomologique de France, 6e série.</em> 7: 369-384., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8231055
page(s): 381 [details]   

original description  (of Protophthalmus Lawrence, 1969) Lawrence, R.F. (1969). A new genus of psammophile scorpion and new species of Opisthophthalmus from the Namib Desert. <em>Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station.</em> 4(48): 105-115., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/scipapndrs/1978/48
page(s): 105 [details]   

original description  (of Atreus Koch, 1837) Arachn. Syst., pl. vi. [details]   

original description  (of Petrovicus Ausserer, 1880) Ausserer, A. (1880). Scorpiones. <em>Zoologischer Jahresbericht.</em> 1880: 464-468., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1525995 [details]   

original description  (of Miaephonus Thorell, 1876) Thorell, T. (1876). On the classification of Scorpions. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 17(97): 1-15., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16011282
page(s): 13 [details]   

original description  (of Oecopetrus Pocock, 1893) Pocock, R. (1893). Notes on the classification of scorpions, followed by some observations upon synonymy, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 12(70): 303-330., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15613691
page(s): 307 [details]   

original description  (of Petrooicus Karsch, 1879) Karsch, F. (1879). Skorpionologische Beiträge. II. <em>Mitteilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins.</em> 3(2): 97–136., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12660097
page(s): 109 [details]   

original description  (of Opisthophthalmus Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details]   

original description  (of Opisthalamus Cloudsley-Thompson, 1965) Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. (1965) The scorpion. Science Journal, 1(5): 35–41. [details]   

original description  (of Opisthophtalmus Garnier & Stockmann, 1972) Garnier, G. & Stockmann, R. (1972). Étude comparative de la pariade chez différentes espèces de scorpions et chez Pandinus imperator. <em>Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, série E (Écologie).</em> 5(1): 476–497. [details]   

original description  (of Opisthopthalmus Maury, 1968) Maury, E.A. (1968). Aportes al conocimiento de los escorpiones de la Republica Argentina. II. Algunas consideraciones sobre el género Bothriurus en la Patagonia y Tierra del Fuego con la descripción de una nueva especie (Bothriuridae). <em>Physis.</em> 28(76): 149-164. [details]   

original description  (of Prothophthalmus Maury, 1975) Maury, E.A. (1975). Escorpiofauna Patagonica. I. Sobre una nueva especie del género Timogenes Simon 1880 (Bothriuridae). <em>Physis. Sección C. Las continentales y los organismos terrestres.</em> 34(88): 65-74. [details]   
From other sources
Descriptive info type is capensis (Hallan, 2000-) [details]

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