The Scorpion Cytogenetic Database

Current version: 14 (March 31, 2026)

Marielle Cristina Schneider, Viviane Fagundes Mattos and Doralice Maria Cella* (*in memorian)
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Bothriuridae   Simon, 1880

Cited as = species name adopted by the researcher that performed the cytogenetic analysis; 2n = diploid number of males and in parenthesis, diploid number of females; M = metacentric; SM = submetacentric; ST = subtelocentric; A = acrocentric; T = telocentric; ? = dubious description.

Valid name Cited as 2n Chromosomal morphology Collection site Bibliography
Bothriurus araguayae (Vellard, 1934) Bothriurus asper araguaiae 44 ---- Brazil Ferreira, 1968
B. araguayae ---- 42 32ST+8SM+2MT Brazil Schneider et al., 2009a
Bothriurus asper Pocock, 1893 ---- 30 22M/SM+8ST/A Brazil Lima et al., 2025
Bothriurus flavidus (Kraepelin 1911) ---- 48 ---- Argentina Giacomozzi, 1977 apud Rodríguez-Gil et al., 2009
Bothriurus prospicuus (Mello-Leitão 1934) ---- 50 ---- Argentina Giacomozzi, 1977 apud Rodríguez-Gil et al., 2009
Bothriurus rochai Mello-Leitão, 1932 ---- 16 12M+4A Brazil Lima et al., 2025
B. rochai ---- 18 10M/SM+8ST/A Brazil Lima et al., 2025
Bothriurus rochensis (San Martín, 1965) ---- 46 16ST+16SM+14MT Uruguay Schneider et al., 2009a
Bothriurus sp. ---- 36 M? Brazil Piza, 1947a
Brachistosternus alienus (Lönnberg, 1898) ---- 28 ---- Argentina Giacomozzi, 1977 apud Rodríguez-Gil et al., 2009
B. alienus ---- 46 ---- Argentina Adilardi et al., 2013
Brachistosternus ferrugineus (Thorell, 1876) ---- 46 MT+SM+A Argentina Rodríguez-Gil et al., 2009
Brachistosternus montanus (Roig Alsina, 1977) ---- 46 MT+SM+A Argentina Rodríguez-Gil et al., 2009
Brachistosternus pentheri (Mello-Leitão, 1931) ---- 46, 42 ---- Argentina Rodríguez-Gil et al., 2009
Timogenes elegans (Mello-Leitão, 1931) ---- 48 ---- Argentina Giacomozzi, 1977 apud Rodríguez-Gil et al., 2009