Brachistosternus is a scorpion genus in the Bothriuridae family. B. ehrenbergii is the most cited species in the genus. The genus is distributed in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru.
Species
Brachistosternus contains the following fifty species:
- Brachistosternus aconcagua <small>Ojanguren Affilastro & Luisa-Scioscia, 2007</small>
- Brachistosternus alienus <small>Lönnberg, 1898</small>
- Brachistosternus anandrovestigia <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018</small>
- Brachistosternus andinus <small>Chamberlin, 1916</small>
- Brachistosternus angustimanus <small>Ojanguren Affilastro & Roig Alsina, 2001</small>
- Brachistosternus artigasi <small>Cekalovic, 1974</small>
- Brachistosternus barrigai <small>Ojanguren Affilastro & Pizarro-Araya, 2014</small>
- Brachistosternus castroi <small>Mello-Leitao, 1940</small> (nomen dubium)
- Brachistosternus cekalovici <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005</small>
- Brachistosternus cepedai <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, Augusto, Pizarro-Araya & Mattoni, 2007</small>
- Brachistosternus chango <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2007</small>
- Brachistosternus chilensis <small>Kraepelin, 1911</small>
- Brachistosternus chimba <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, Alfaro & Pizarro-Araya, 2021</small>
- Brachistosternus contisuyu <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018</small>
- Brachistosternus coquimbo <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, Augusto, Pizarro-Araya & Mattoni, 2007</small>
- Brachistosternus donosoi <small>Cekalovic, 1974</small>
- Brachistosternus ehrenbergii <small>(Gervais, 1841)</small>
- Brachistosternus ferrugineus <small>(Thorell, 1876)</small>
- Brachistosternus gayi <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018</small>
- Brachistosternus galianoae <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002</small>
- Brachistosternus holmbergi <small>Carbonell, 1923</small> (nomen dubium)
- Brachistosternus intermedius <small>Lönnberg, 1902</small>
- Brachistosternus kamanchaca <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2007</small>
- Brachistosternus kovariki <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003</small>
- Brachistosternus llullaillaco <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, Alfaro & Pizarro-Araya, 2021</small>
- Brachistosternus mattonii <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005</small>
- Brachistosternus misti <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018</small>
- Brachistosternus montanus <small>Roig Alsina, 1977</small>
- Brachistosternus multidentatus <small>Maury, 1984</small>
- Brachistosternus negrei <small>Cekalovic, 1975</small>
- Brachistosternus ninapo <small>Ochoa, 2004</small>
- Brachistosternus ochoai <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, 2004</small>
- Brachistosternus paposo <small>Ojanguren Affilastro & Pizarro-Araya, 2014</small>
- Brachistosternus paulae <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003</small>
- Brachistosternus pegnai <small>Cekalovic, 1969</small>
- Brachistosternus pentheri <small>Mello-Leitao, 1931</small>
- Brachistosternus perettii <small>Ojanguren Affilastro & Mattoni, 2006</small>
- Brachistosternus peruvianus <small>Toledo Piza, 1974</small>
- Brachistosternus philippii <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018</small>
- Brachistosternus piacentinii <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003</small>
- Brachistosternus prendinii <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003</small>
- Brachistosternus quiscapata <small>Ochoa & Acosta, 2002</small>
- Brachistosternus roigalsinai <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002</small>
- Brachistosternus sciosciae <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002</small>
- Brachistosternus simoneae <small>Lourenço, 2000</small> (nomen dubium)
- Brachistosternus telteca <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, 2000</small>
- Brachistosternus titicaca <small>Ochoa & Acosta, 2002</small>
- Brachistosternus turpuq <small>Ochoa, 2002</small>
- Brachistosternus weyenberghi <small>(Thorell, 1876)</small>
- Brachistosternus zambrunoi <small>Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002</small>
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