''Belisarius xambeui'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
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 end ...
in the family
Belisariidae
Belisariidae is a family of scorpions belonging to the order Scorpiones.
Genera
There are two genera:
* '' Belisarius'' Simon, 1879
* '' Sardoscorpius'' Tropea & Onnis, 2020
References
Scorpions
Scorpion families
Taxa named by Wilson R. ...
.
[ It is ]endemic
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to the eastern Pyrenees
The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to C ...
.
References
Scorpions of Europe
Fauna of the Pyrenees
Animals described in 1879
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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