The systematics of Southern African Parabuthus pocock (Scorpiones, Buthidae): Revisions to the taxonomy and key to the species

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-187

  Prendini, Lorenzo ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buthidae; Distribution; Ecology; Identification; Parabuthus; Scorpiones; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BRACHYSTYLUS; BUTHIDAE; BUTHUS; BUTHUS BREVIMANUS; BUTHUS VILLOSUS; PARABUTHUS; PARABUTHUS BRACHYSTYLUS; PARABUTHUS CALVUS; PARABUTHUS CAPENSIS; PARABUTHUS FLAVIDUS; PARABUTHUS GRANULATUS; PARABUTHUS MOSSAMBICENSIS; PARABUTHUS NEGLECTUS; PARABUTHUS PLANICAUDA; PARABUTHUS RAUDUS; PARABUTHUS TRANSVAALICUS; PARABUTHUS VILLOSUS; SCORPIO; SCORPIONES;

EID: 4243194725     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/H03-17     Document Type: Review

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