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Leiurus
''Leiurus'' is a genus of scorpion of the family Buthidae. The most common species, ''L. quinquestriatus'', is also known under the common name Deathstalker. It is distributed widely across North Africa and the Middle East, including the western and southern Arabian Peninsula and southeastern Turkey. At least one species occurs in West Africa (northern Cameroon). Taxonomy The genus was introduced in 1828 by C.G. Ehrenberg (in Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1828), originally as a subgenus of the genus ''Androctonus''. It was finally elevated to genus rank by M. Vachon in 1949. The genus was long considered to be monotypic, containing a single species, ''L. quinquestriatus'', but research since 2002 has shown that there are indeed several species. Diversity Currently five species are recognized within this genus, but their validity is under discussion. F. Kovařík (2007) suspected that ''L. jordanensis'' and ''L. savanicola'' are possible synonyms of ''L. quinquestriatus''. *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiurus Jordanensis
''Leiurus'' is a genus of scorpion of the family Buthidae. The most common species, ''L. quinquestriatus'', is also known under the common name Deathstalker. It is distributed widely across North Africa and the Middle East, including the western and southern Arabian Peninsula and southeastern Turkey. At least one species occurs in West Africa (northern Cameroon). Taxonomy The genus was introduced in 1828 by C.G. Ehrenberg (in Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1828), originally as a subgenus of the genus ''Androctonus''. It was finally elevated to genus rank by M. Vachon in 1949. The genus was long considered to be monotypic, containing a single species, ''L. quinquestriatus'', but research since 2002 has shown that there are indeed several species. Diversity Currently five species are recognized within this genus, but their validity is under discussion. F. Kovařík (2007) suspected that ''L. jordanensis'' and ''L. savanicola'' are possible synonyms of ''L. quinquestriatus''. *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiurus Savanicola
''Leiurus'' is a genus of scorpion of the family Buthidae. The most common species, ''L. quinquestriatus'', is also known under the common name Deathstalker. It is distributed widely across North Africa and the Middle East, including the western and southern Arabian Peninsula and southeastern Turkey. At least one species occurs in West Africa (northern Cameroon). Taxonomy The genus was introduced in 1828 by C.G. Ehrenberg (in Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1828), originally as a subgenus of the genus ''Androctonus''. It was finally elevated to genus rank by M. Vachon in 1949. The genus was long considered to be monotypic, containing a single species, ''L. quinquestriatus'', but research since 2002 has shown that there are indeed several species. Diversity Currently five species are recognized within this genus, but their validity is under discussion. F. Kovařík (2007) suspected that ''L. jordanensis'' and ''L. savanicola'' are possible synonyms of ''L. quinquestriatus''. *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiurus Nasheri
''Leiurus'' is a genus of scorpion of the family Buthidae. The most common species, ''L. quinquestriatus'', is also known under the common name Deathstalker. It is distributed widely across North Africa and the Middle East, including the western and southern Arabian Peninsula and southeastern Turkey. At least one species occurs in West Africa (northern Cameroon). Taxonomy The genus was introduced in 1828 by C.G. Ehrenberg (in Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1828), originally as a subgenus of the genus ''Androctonus''. It was finally elevated to genus rank by M. Vachon in 1949. The genus was long considered to be monotypic, containing a single species, ''L. quinquestriatus'', but research since 2002 has shown that there are indeed several species. Diversity Currently five species are recognized within this genus, but their validity is under discussion. F. Kovařík (2007) suspected that ''L. jordanensis'' and ''L. savanicola'' are possible synonyms of ''L. quinquestriatus''. *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiurus Abdullahbayrami
''Leiurus abdullahbayrami'' is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae. Its venom is highly toxic to humans, but can be used in medical development. Taxonomy ''Leiurus abdullahbayram'' was originally considered conspecific with the deathstalker (''L. quinquestriatus''), but was reclassified in 2009 based on mitochondrial DNA analyses. Description ''Leiurus abdullahbayrami'' has a brown cephalothorax, yellow legs, head, and tail. One of the very end segments of the tail is brown instead of yellow. In scientific terms, the background color of the prosoma, mesosoma, and segment V of metasoma is black and the appendages of the Leiurus Abdullahbayrami are yellowish. The centrolateral and posteriomedian carinae (at the end of the pinchers) are fused together and lyre-shaped is formed. It has fixed fingers with 11 oblique granule rows. It has movable fingers of pedipalps with 4 distal and 11 oblique granule rows. The ventrolateral carinae of metasomal segment V have la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiurus Quinquestriatus
The deathstalker (''Leiurus quinquestriatus'') is a species of scorpion, a member of the family Buthidae. It is also known as the Palestine yellow scorpion, Omdurman scorpion, Naqab desert scorpion and by many other colloquial names, which generally originate from the commercial captive trade of the animal. To eliminate confusion, especially important with potentially dangerous species, the scientific name is normally used to refer to them. The name ''Leiurus quinquestriatus'' roughly translates into English as "five-striped smooth-tail". In 2014, the subspecies ''L. q. hebraeus'' was separated from it and elevated to its own species ''Leiurus hebraeus''. Other species of the genus '' Leiurus'' are also often referred to as "deathstalkers". ''Leiurus quinquestriatus'' is yellow, and long, with an average of . Geographic range ''Leiurus quinquestriatus'' can be found in desert and scrubland habitats ranging from North Africa through to the Middle East. Its range covers a wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiurus Hebraeus
''Leiurus hebraeus'', the Hebrew deathstalker, is a species of scorpion, a member of the family Buthidae. It is also known as the Palestinian yellow scorpion, It was once considered as a subspecies of '' Leiurus quinquestriatus'' but recently it was elevated to the rank of a species. It is currently known from Israel, but it may live in other countries in the Middle East. Other species of the genus ''Leiurus'' are also often referred to as "deathstalkers". Description ''Leiurus hebraeus'' is yellow, and long, with an average of . Geographic range ''Leiurus hebraeus'' can be found in desert and scrubland habitats in the Middle East. Its range covers Israel and its neighboring countries. Since it was declared as a species only recently, further research is needed to determine its range. Venom Neurotoxins in ''L. quinquestriatus'' venom include: * Chlorotoxin * Charybdotoxin * Scyllatoxin * Agitoxins types one, two and three Hazards The deathstalker is one of the most dangerou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpion
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always ending with a stinger. The evolutionary history of scorpions goes back 435 million years. They mainly live in deserts but have adapted to a wide range of environmental conditions, and can be found on all continents except Antarctica. There are over 2,500 described species, with 22 extant (living) families recognized to date. Their taxonomy is being revised to account for 21st-century genomic studies. Scorpions primarily prey on insects and other invertebrates, but some species hunt vertebrates. They use their pincers to restrain and kill prey, or to prevent their own predation. The venomous sting is used for offense and defense. During courtship, the male and female grasp each other's pincers and dance while he tries to move her onto his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buthidae
The Buthidae are the largest family of scorpions, containing about 100 genera and 1339 species as of 2022. A few very large genera (''Ananteris'', ''Centruroides'', '' Compsobuthus'', or '' Tityus'') are known, but a high number of species-poor or monotypic ones also exist. New taxa are being described at a rate of several new species per year. They have a osmopolitandistribution throughout tropical and subtropical environments worldwide. Together with four other families, the Buthidae make up the superfamily Buthoidea. The family was established by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837. Around 20 species of medically important (meaning potentially lethal to humans) scorpions are known, and all but one of these ('' Hemiscorpius lepturus'') are members of the Buthidae. In dead specimens, the spine beneath the stinger, characteristic for this family, can be observed. List of genera and number of species The following genera are recognised in the family Buthidae: * '' Aegaeobuthus'' Kovarik, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synonym (taxonomy)
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name (under the currently used system of scientific nomenclature) to the Norway spruce, which he called ''Pinus abies''. This name is no longer in use, so it is now a synonym of the current scientific name, ''Picea abies''. * In zoology, moving a species from one genus to another results in a different binomen, but the name is considered an alternative combination rather than a synonym. The concept of synonymy in zoology is reserved for two names at the same rank that refers to a taxon at that rank - for example, the name ''Papilio prorsa'' Linnaeus, 1758 is a junior synonym of ''Papilio levana'' Linnaeus, 1758, being names for different seasonal forms of the species now referred to as ''Araschnia le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (19 April 1795 – 27 June 1876) was a German naturalist, zoologist, comparative anatomist, geologist, and microscopist. Ehrenberg was an evangelist and was considered to be of the most famous and productive scientists of his time. Early collections The son of a judge, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg was born in Delitzsch, near Leipzig. He first studied theology at the University of Leipzig, then medicine and natural sciences in Berlin and became a friend of the famous explorer Alexander von Humboldt. In 1818, he completed his doctoral dissertation on fungi, ''Sylvae mycologicae Berolinenses.'' In 1820–1825, on a scientific expedition to the Middle East with his friend Wilhelm Hemprich, he collected thousands of specimens of plants and animals. He investigated parts of Egypt, the Libyan Desert, the Nile valley and the northern coasts of the Red Sea, where he made a special study of the corals. Subsequently, parts of Syria, Arabia and Abyss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type Species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s). Article 67.1 A similar concept is used for suprageneric groups and called a type genus. In botanical nomenclature, these terms have no formal standing under the code of nomenclature, but are sometimes borrowed from zoological nomenclature. In botany, the type of a genus name is a specimen (or, rarely, an illustration) which is also the type of a species name. The species name that has that type can also be referred to as the type of the genus name. Names of genus and family ranks, the various subdivisions of those ranks, and some higher-rank names based on genus names, have such types. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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