List of scorpions of Trinidad and Tobago

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This is a list of the scorpions of Trinidad and Tobago. The first synopsis of the scorpion fauna came from E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering[1] in 1966 with a total of 8 species. Work by Oscar Franke and Julius Boos,[2] Wilson R. Lourenço & D. Huber[3] and Lorenzo Prendini[4] brought the total to ten species with eight on Trinidad and six on Tobago. Of the ten species seven are endemic to the islands.

Buthidae[]

  • Borelli, 1910[4] – Trinidad and Tobago and northern South America
  • Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966[4] – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago
  • Lourenço & Huber, 1999[4] – endemic to Tobago
  • C. L. Koch, 1844[4] – Trinidad and northern South America
  • Tityus tenuicauda Prendini, 2001[4] – endemic to Trinidad
  • Pocock, 1893[4] – Trinidad and northern South America
  • Pocock, 1897[4] – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago

Chactidae[]

  • Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966[4] – endemic to Tobago
  • Pocock, 1893[4] – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago
  • Francke & Boos, 1986[4] – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago

References[]

  1. ^ E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering (1966). "The scorpions of Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). Caribbean Journal of Science. 6: 123–135.
  2. ^ Oscar F. Francke & Julius Boos (1986). "Chactidae (Scorpiones) from Trinidad and Tobago". Journal of Arachnology. 14 (1): 15–28. JSTOR 3705549.
  3. ^ W. R. Lourenço; D. Huber (1999). "Additions to the scorpion faunas of Trinidad and Tobago". . 106 (1): 249–267. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.80076.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k L. Prendini (2001). "Further additions to the scorpion fauna of Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 29 (2): 173–188. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0173:FATTSF]2.0.CO;2.

See also[]

  • Natural history of Trinidad and Tobago
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