Reddyanus jayarathnei

Reddyanus jayarathnei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Buthidae
Genus:	Reddyanus
Species:	R. jayarathnei
Binomial name
Reddyanus jayarathnei Kovarik, 2016

Reddyanus jayarathnei is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae endemic to Sri Lanka. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Etymology

The species name is named after V. A. Sanjeewa Jayarathne, the collector of the type specimen. ^[4]

Description

Total length is about 37.1 mm in females and 45.5 mm in males. ^[4]

References

1. Šťáhlavský, František; Nguyen, Petr; Sadílek, David; Štundlová, Jana; Just, Pavel; Haddad, Charles R; Koç, Halil; Ranawana, Kithsiri B; Stockmann, Mark (2020-11-06). "Evolutionary dynamics of rDNA clusters on chromosomes of buthid scorpions (Chelicerata: Arachnida)" . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 131 (3): 547–565. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blaa118 . Retrieved 2021-08-31.
2. Kovařík, František; Šťáhlavský, František (2019-12-07). "Revision of the genus Reddyanus from Southeast Asia, with description of five new species from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam (Scorpiones: Buthidae)". Euscorpius. 2019 (295): 1–45. doi: 10.18590/euscorpius.2019.vol2019.iss295.1 . S2CID   214363192 . Retrieved 2021-08-31.
3. "New scorpion taxa (Arachnida: Scorpiones) described in the journal "Euscorpius" in 2002–2020". Euscorpius - Occasional Publications in Scorpiology. 2020, No. 300. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
4. Charles University; Kovařík, František; Lowe, Graeme; Monell Chemical Senses Center; Ranawana, Kithsiri B.; University of Peradeniya; Hoferek, David; Jayarathne, V. A. Sanjeewa; University of Peradeniya (2016). "Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat. n" . Euscorpius. 2016 (220): 1–133. doi: 10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1 . Retrieved 2021-08-29.