''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
''Ananteris'' is a little-known genus of rare scorpions. 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 port ...
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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
''Ananteris'' is a little-known genus of rare scorpions. It contains 84 species found in South America. Species include:
*'' Ananteris balzanii'' Thorell, 1891
*'' Ananteris dacostai'' Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020
*'' Ananteris pydanieli'' ...
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Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020
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Ananteris nairae
''Ananteris nairae'' is a scorpion species found in Brazilian Amazonia. The species has the most western distribution of the species in '' Ananteris''. The specific epithet refers to Nair Otaviano Aguiar.
References
Buthidae
Animals desc ...
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Lourenço, 2004
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Ananteris faguasi
''Ananteris'' is a little-known genus of rare scorpions. It contains 84 species found in South America. Species include:
*'' Ananteris balzanii'' Thorell, 1891
*'' Ananteris dacostai'' Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020
*'' Ananteris pydanieli'' ...
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Bojero-Trujillo, 2009
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Ananteris volschenki
''Ananteris'' is a little-known genus of rare scorpions. It contains 84 species found in South America. Species include:
*'' Ananteris balzanii'' Thorell, 1891
*'' Ananteris dacostai'' Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020
*'' Ananteris pydanieli'' ...
''
Bojero-Trujillo, 2009
*''
Ananteris kalina''
Ythier, 2018
References
Buthidae
Scorpions of South America
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