Systematic Revision of the Arboreal Neotropical “Thorellii” Clade of Centruroides Marx, 1890, Bark Scorpions (Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837) with Descriptions of Six New Species

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ID19259834
AuthorsAaron M Goodman (0000-0002-2093-8296, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York; Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History; Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences), Aaron Goodman (0000-0002-7051-8249, The Graduate Center, CUNY), Lorenzo Prendini (0000-0001-8727-7106, American Museum of Natural History), Oscar F Francke (0000-0002-2346-4284, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico), Lauren A Esposito (0000-0002-5514-7486, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York; Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History; Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences)
Year2021
Volume452
Issue1
Publication date2021-09-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-0090 • E-ISSN: 1937-3546
PublisherAmerican Museum of Natural History (BioOne sponsored) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1206/0003-0090.452.1.1
OpenAlexW3200948475
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited70

The arboreal Neotropical “thorellii” clade of Centruroides Marx, 1890, bark scorpions (Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837) is revised, using a novel approach to species delimitation. A phylogenetic analysis, based on 112 morphological characters and 1078 aligned DNA nucleotides from the mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit I (COI) gene, provided the framework for placing singletons from geographically disparate localities (and often with suboptimal preservation) using COI minibarcodes, thereby enlarging the taxon sample for diagnosis and delimitation of morphological species. Six new species are described, tripling the known diversity in the clade to nine: Centruroides berstoni, sp. nov.; Centruroides catemacoensis, sp. nov.; Centruroides chanae, sp. nov.; Centruroides cuauhmapan, sp. nov.; Centruroides hamadryas, sp. nov.; Centruroides yucatanensis, sp. nov. Revised diagnoses are presented for Centruroides hoffmanni Armas, 1996, Centruroides rileyi Sissom, 1995, and Centruroides schmidti Sissom, 1995. Comparative images, a key and distribution maps for all species of the clade are provided, along with a summary of available data for their ecology

Biology · Buthidae · Clade · Phylogenetic tree · Scorpion · Taxon · Venom · Zoology · Amphibian and Reptile Biology · Ecology · Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies · Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies

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