Brachistosternus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Bothriuridae |
Genus: |
Brachistosternus Pocock, 1893 |
Brachistosternus is a scorpion genus in the Bothriuridae family.B. ehrenbergii is the most cited species in the genus.Brachistosternus is composed of 16 species grouped into 3 subgenera spread out over Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru.