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Family BOTHRIURIDAE


Compiler and date details

Mark S. Harvey & Erich S. Volschenk, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Introduction

The Bothriuridae represent the sister-group to the remaining members of the Scorpionoidea (Prendini 2000). The family currently consists of 12 genera, 10 of which occur in South America and one in Namibia. The remaining genus, Cercophonius Peters, occurs in Australia and northern India (Acosta 1990; Lourenço 1996), suggesting that the family has Gondwanan origins.

Previous bothriurid classifications have recognised three or four subfamilies, but Prendini (2000) has shown that these cannot be defended cladistically and the family currently has no subfamilial classification.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)