Brachistosternus

Brachistosternus
Brachistosternus chimba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Bothriuridae
Genus:	Brachistosternus Pocock, 1893

Brachistosternus is a scorpion genus in the Bothriuridae family. ^{[1] [2]} B. ehrenbergii is the most cited species in the genus. ^[3] The genus is distributed in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru. ^[4]

Species

Brachistosternus contains the following fifty species: ^[2]

• Brachistosternus aconcagua Ojanguren Affilastro & Luisa-Scioscia, 2007
• Brachistosternus alienus Lönnberg, 1898
• Brachistosternus anandrovestigia Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
• Brachistosternus andinus Chamberlin, 1916
• Brachistosternus angustimanus Ojanguren Affilastro & Roig Alsina, 2001
• Brachistosternus artigasi Cekalovic, 1974
• Brachistosternus barrigai Ojanguren Affilastro & Pizarro-Araya, 2014
• Brachistosternus castroi Mello-Leitao, 1940 ( nomen dubium )
• Brachistosternus cekalovici Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005
• Brachistosternus cepedai Ojanguren Affilastro, Augusto, Pizarro-Araya & Mattoni, 2007
• Brachistosternus chango Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2007
• Brachistosternus chilensis Kraepelin, 1911
• Brachistosternus chimba Ojanguren Affilastro, Alfaro & Pizarro-Araya, 2021
• Brachistosternus contisuyu Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
• Brachistosternus coquimbo Ojanguren Affilastro, Augusto, Pizarro-Araya & Mattoni, 2007
• Brachistosternus donosoi Cekalovic, 1974
• Brachistosternus ehrenbergii (Gervais, 1841)
• Brachistosternus ferrugineus (Thorell, 1876)
• Brachistosternus gayi Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
• Brachistosternus galianoae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
• Brachistosternus holmbergi Carbonell, 1923 ( nomen dubium )
• Brachistosternus intermedius Lönnberg, 1902
• Brachistosternus kamanchaca Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2007
• Brachistosternus kovariki Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
• Brachistosternus llullaillaco Ojanguren Affilastro, Alfaro & Pizarro-Araya, 2021
• Brachistosternus mattonii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005
• Brachistosternus misti Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
• Brachistosternus montanus Roig Alsina, 1977
• Brachistosternus multidentatus Maury, 1984
• Brachistosternus negrei Cekalovic, 1975
• Brachistosternus ninapo Ochoa, 2004
• Brachistosternus ochoai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2004
• Brachistosternus paposo Ojanguren Affilastro & Pizarro-Araya, 2014
• Brachistosternus paulae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
• Brachistosternus pegnai Cekalovic, 1969
• Brachistosternus pentheri Mello-Leitao, 1931
• Brachistosternus perettii Ojanguren Affilastro & Mattoni, 2006
• Brachistosternus peruvianus Toledo Piza, 1974
• Brachistosternus philippii Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018
• Brachistosternus piacentinii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
• Brachistosternus prendinii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
• Brachistosternus quiscapata Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
• Brachistosternus roigalsinai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
• Brachistosternus sciosciae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
• Brachistosternus simoneae Lourenço, 2000 ( nomen dubium )
• Brachistosternus telteca Ojanguren Affilastro, 2000
• Brachistosternus titicaca Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
• Brachistosternus turpuq Ochoa, 2002
• Brachistosternus weyenberghi (Thorell, 1876)
• Brachistosternus zambrunoi Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002

References

1. "Brachistosternus Pocock, 1893". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
2. Rein, Jan Ove (2022). "Bothriuridae Pocock, 1893". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
3. José A. Ochoai; André S.A. Ojanguren Affilastro (April 2007). "Systematics and distribution of Brachistosternus (Brachistosternus) ehrenbergii (Gervais, 1841), with the first record of stridulation in this genus Brachistosternus (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae)" (PDF). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 42 (1): 61–69. Bibcode:2007SNFE...42...61O. doi:10.1080/01650520600800310.
4. W. David Sissom (1990). Gary A. Polis (ed.). "Systematics, Biogeography, and Paleontology". The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press: 88. ISBN   0804712492.