Buthacus [SEP] parent taxon
Buthacus
Buthacus is a genus of scorpion belonging to the family Buthidae. It is distributed across northern and western Africa, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
Taxonomy.
The genus was introduced in 1908 by A.A. Birula, originally as a subgenus of the genus "Buthus". It was elevated to genus rank by M. Vachon in 1949.
Taxonomy Diversity.
Species of "Buthacus" are very similar to each other and have been considered
subspecies in some examples. At least 22 species are known, some of them are disputed:
- "Buthacus arenicola" (Simon, 1885)
- "Buthacus birulai" Lourenço, 2006
- "Buthacus buettikeri" Hendrixson, 2006
- "Buthacus calviceps" (Pocock, 1900)
- "Buthacus clevai" Lourenço, 2001
- "Buthacus ehrenbergi" Kovařík, 2005
- "Buthacus foleyi" Vachon, 1949
- "Buthacus huberi" Lourenço, 2001
- "Buthacus leptochelys"