Review and phylogenetic analysis of the scorpions of Ananteris genus Thorell, 1891 (Arachnida: Scorpiones, Buthidae)

• Grant number: 16/22912-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: April 01, 2017
• End date: October 08, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Domingos Brescovit
• Grantee: Andria de Paula Santos da Silva
• Host Institution: Instituto Butantan. Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/25337-1 - Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the scorpions of the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Arachnida: Scorpiones, Buthidae), BE.EP.DR

Abstract

In Buthidae family, the genus Ananteris Thorell 1891, created to accommodate the type species Ananteris balzanii, has a primarily Neotropical distribution, however, due to possible association with other Buthidae genus of the Old World can indicate a Gondwanian pattern of distribution. Since the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 was last revised, the number of species described in it has increased and currently has 81 species. In spite of the probable relationship to Isometrus, monophyly and the internal relationship of the Ananteris genus is not resolved, therefore, the objective of this project is to review the species of the genus Ananteris and propose a hypothesis of relationship to the species of the genus by cladistic analysis. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SILVA, Andria de Paula Santos da. Phylogenetic analysis of the scorpion of genera Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Arachnida; Scorpiones; Buthidae). 2020. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) São Paulo.