Microcharmus

Microcharmus is a genus of scorpions endemic to Madagascar, in the family Microcharmidae, superfamily Buthoidea. It had been merged, but has been recreated by Wilson R. Lourenço in 2019.[1][2]

Microcharmus
Microcharmus cloudsleythompsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Microcharmidae
Genus: Microcharmus
Lourenço, 2019
Synonyms
  • Ankaranocharmus Lourenço, 2004

List of species

Microcharmus contains the following species:[2]

  • Microcharmus andrei Lourenço, Waeber & Wilme, 2019
  • Microcharmus antongil Lourenço, Waeber & Wilme, 2019
  • Microcharmus bemaraha Lourenço, Goodman & Fisher, 2006
  • Microcharmus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço, 1995
  • Microcharmus confluenciatus Lourenço, Goodman & Fisher, 2006
  • Microcharmus djangoa Lourenço, Waeber & Wilme, 2019
  • Microcharmus duhemi Lourenço, Goodman & Fisher, 2006
  • Microcharmus fisheri Lourenço, 1998
  • Microcharmus hauseri Lourenço, 1996
  • Microcharmus jussarae Lourenço, 1996
  • Microcharmus maculatus Lourenço, Goodman & Fisher, 2006
  • Microcharmus madagascariensis Lourenço, 1999
  • Microcharmus pauliani (Lourenço, 2004)
  • Microcharmus sabineae Lourenço, 1996
  • Microcharmus variegatus Lourenço, Goodman & Fisher, 2006
  • Microcharmus violaceous Lourenço, Goodman & Fisher, 2006

References

  1. Lourenço, W. R.; Waeber, P. O. & Wilmé, L. (2019). "Additions to the geographical distribution of the Malagasy family Microcharmidae Lourenço 1996 (Scorpiones: Buthoidea) and description of three new species of Microcharmus Lourenço 1995". Madagascar Conservation & Development. 14 (1): 26–36. doi:10.4314/mcd.v14i1.5.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. "Microcharmidae Lourenço, 1996". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
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