''Ananteris'' is a little-known genus of rare
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 en ...
s. It contains 84 species found in
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...
.
Species include:
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Ananteris balzanii''
Thorell, 1891
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Ananteris dacostai''
Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020
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Ananteris pydanieli''
Lourenço, 1982
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Ananteris kalina''
Ythier, 2018
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Ananteris luciae''
Lourenço, 1984
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Ananteris mamilihpan''
Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020
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Ananteris maranhensis''
Lourenço, 1987
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Ananteris pierrekondre''
Lourenço, Chevalier, Gangadin & Ythier, 2020
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Ananteris sabineae''
Lourenço, 2001
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Ananteris sipilili''
Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020
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Ananteris tresor''
Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020
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Ananteris nairae''
Lourenço, 2004
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Ananteris faguasi''
Bojero-Trujillo, 2009
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Ananteris volschenki''
Bojero-Trujillo, 2009
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Ananteris kalina''
Ythier, 2018
References
Buthidae
Scorpions of South America
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