Ananteris

Ananteris
Ananteris balzanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Buthidae
Genus:	Ananteris Thorell, 1891

Ananteris is a little-known genus of rare scorpions. Scorpions belonging to the genus can be found from Costa Rica to Paraguay.

Species

Ananteris contains the following ninety-eight species: ^[1]

• Ananteris arcadioi Botero-Trujillo, 2008
• Ananteris ashaninka Kovarik, Teruel, Lowe & Friedrich, 2015
• Ananteris ashmolei Lourenço, 1981
• Ananteris asuncionensis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris balzanii Thorell, 1891
• Ananteris barinensis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris bernabei Giupponi, Vasconcelos & Lourenço, 2009
• Ananteris bianchinii Lourenço, Aguiar-Neto & Limeira-de-Oliveira, 2009
• Ananteris bonito Lourenço, 2012
• Ananteris cachimboensis Lourenço, Motta & da Silva, 2006
• Ananteris camacan Lourenço, Giupponi & Leguin, 2013
• Ananteris canalera Miranda & Armas, 2020
• Ananteris capayaensis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris caracensis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris carrasco Lourenço & Motta, 2019
• Ananteris catuaroi González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris caucaguitensis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris chagasi Giupponi, Vasconcelos & Lourenço, 2009
• Ananteris charlescorfieldi Lourenço, 2001
• Ananteris chirimakei González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris cisandinus Lourenço, 2015
• Ananteris claviformis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris coineaui Lourenço, 1982
• Ananteris columbiana Lourenço, 1991
• Ananteris cryptozoicus Lourenço, 2005
• Ananteris cumbensis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris curariensis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris cussinii Borelli, 1910
• Ananteris dacostai Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020
• Ananteris dekeyseri Lourenço, 1982
• Ananteris deniseae Lourenço, 1997
• Ananteris desiderio Lourenço, Giupponi & Leguin, 2013
• Ananteris diegorojasi Rojas-Runjaic, 2005
• Ananteris dorae Botero-Trujillo, 2008
• Ananteris ehrlichi Lourenço, 1994
• Ananteris elguapoi González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris elisabethae Lourenço, 2003
• Ananteris evellynae Lourenço, 2004
• Ananteris faguasi Botero-Trujillo, 2009
• Ananteris festae Borelli, 1899
• Ananteris franckei Lourenço, 1982
• Ananteris gorgonae Lourenço & Florez, 1989
• Ananteris guiripaensis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris guyanensis Lourenço & Monod, 1999
• Ananteris infuscata Lourenço, Giupponi & Leguin, 2013
• Ananteris inini Lourenço & Ythier, 2025
• Ananteris inoae González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris intermedia Lourenço, 2012
• Ananteris kalina Ythier, 2018
• Ananteris karupina Lourenço, 2021
• Ananteris kayapo Lourenço, 2022
• Ananteris kuryi Giupponi, Vasconcelos & Lourenço, 2009
• Ananteris leilae Lourenço, 1999
• Ananteris lourencoi Ythier, 2024
• Ananteris luciae Lourenço, 1984
• Ananteris madeirensis Lourenço & Duhem, 2010
• Ananteris mamilihpan Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020
• Ananteris maniapurensis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris maranhensis Lourenço, 1987
• Ananteris mariaelenae Lourenço, 1999
• Ananteris mariaterezae Lourenço, 1982
• Ananteris martensi Lourenço, 2021
• Ananteris mauryi Lourenço, 1982
• Ananteris meridana González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris michaelae Lourenço, 2013
• Ananteris myriamae Botero-Trujillo, 2007
• Ananteris nairae Lourenço, 2004
• Ananteris norae González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris obscura Lourenço & Motta, 2021
• Ananteris ochoai Botero-Trujillo & Florez D, 2011
• Ananteris otavianoi Lira, Pordeus & Ribeiro de Albuquerque, 2017
• Ananteris palmari Botero-Trujillo & Noriega, 2011
• Ananteris paoensis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris paracotoensis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris pierrekondre Lourenço, Chevalier, Gangadin & Ythier, 2020
• Ananteris plataensis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris platnicki Lourenço, 1993
• Ananteris polleti Lourenço, 2016
• Ananteris principalis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris pydanieli Lourenço, 1982
• Ananteris riocaurensis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris riochicoi González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris riomachensis Rojas-Runjaic, Portillo-Quintero & Borges, 2008
• Ananteris roraima Lourenço & Duhem, 2010
• Ananteris sabineae Lourenço, 2001
• Ananteris sanchezi González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris sepulvedai González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris singularis González-Sponga, 2006
• Ananteris sipilili Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020
• Ananteris solimariae Botero-Trujillo & Florez D, 2011
• Ananteris surinamensis Lourenço, 2012
• Ananteris tresor Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020
• Ananteris terueli Kovarik, 2006
• Ananteris tolimana Teruel & Garcia, 2007
• Ananteris turumbanensis Gonzales-Sponga, 1980
• Ananteris venezuelensis Gonzales-Sponga, 1972
• Ananteris volschenki Botero-Trujillo, 2009
• Ananteris zuliana González-Sponga, 2006

References

1. Rein, Jan Ove (2025). "Ananteridae Pocock, 1900". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 3 November 2025.