Frantisek Kovarik and co-workers (2009) has studied Tityus ythieri Lourenco, 2007 and Tityus magnimanus Pocock, 1897. Based on morphological, chromosomal and mitochondial DNA studies and hybridization studies, they conclude that these two species are the same.
Based on this Tityus ythieri Lourenco, 2007 is a synonym of Tityus magnimanus Pocock, 1897.
Reference:
Kovarik F, Stahlavsky F, Korinkova T, Kral J, van der Ende T. Tityus ythieri Lourenco, 2007 is a synonym of Tityus magnimanus Pocock, 1897 (Scorpiones: Buthidae): a combined approach using morphology, hybridization experiments, chromosomes and mitochondrial DNA. Euscorpius. 2009(77):1-12. [Free fulltext]
Family Buthidae
15 January, 2009
Tityus ythieri has been synonymized with Tityus magnimanus
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