Bothriurus, MONOPHYLY

Vrech, David E., Peretti, Alfredo V. & Mattoni, Camilo I., 2011, Sperm package morphology in scorpions and its relation to phylogeny, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (3), pp. 463-483 : 477

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00647.x

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/35794019-FFFE-FF97-D0C4-FAB0A8CF3966

treatment provided by

Valdenar

scientific name

Bothriurus
status

 

BOTHRIURUS MONOPHYLY View in CoL

Our results support a nonmonophyletic genus Bothriurus as suggested by Prendini (2000, 2003), Mattoni (2003), and Mattoni & Prendini (2007). Four different groups can be recognized in the analysed species of this genus. The first is composed of members of the Bothriurus subgenus ( Bo. araguayae , Bo. bonariensis , and Bo. chacoensis ) with packages that are either thick and straight or slim and coiled anteriorly. Another group is formed by Bo. bocki and Bo. inermis , with packages similar to those of Timogenes and Vachonia . The remaining Bothriurus species (subgenus Andibothriurus ) are characterized by cane-like sperm packages. Bothriurus from the Bo. rochai group and Bo. asper (both belonging to the Bothriurus subgenus) have loosely aggregated spermatozoa and do not show ordered sperm packages.

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF