Bothriurus olaen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Bothriuridae
Genus: Bothriurus
Species:
B. olaen
Binomial name
Bothriurus olaen
Acosta, 1997[1]

Bothriurus olaen is a species of scorpion from the family Bothriuridae. It lives in mountains Sierras de Córdoba and San Luis Province in central Argentina.[2] Little is known about their habitat, most likely they are mountain dwellers, and nothing is known about their venom.[2] The body length is about 50 millimetres (2.0 in).[2]

References

  1. Luis Eduardo Acosta (997). "Descripción de Bothriurus olaen, nueva especie de escorpión de Argentina central (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae)". Revue Arachnologique. 12 (1): 1–8.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bothriurus olaen Acosta, 1997". The site «The Scorpion Files» (ntnu.no). Retrieved 2011-08-30.


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