Project 640: L. Prendini. 2001. Phylogeny of Parabuthus (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Zoologica Scripta. 30 (1):13–35.
Specimen: Parabuthus namibensis (unvouchered)

Abstract

A cladistic analysis of the 20 southern African species of Parabuthus Pocock, 1890 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) and five of the eight north-eastern African and Arabian species is presented, based on 53 characters, mostly of the adult morphology. The resultant topology is largely congruent with Lamoral’s (1978) unpublished topology for 14 Namibian species. Monophyly of the genus Parabuthus is supported, but monophyly of the disjunct southern African vs. north-eastern African and Arabian species is unsupported. The implications of the cladogram for understanding ecological specialization in Parabuthus, Afrotropical arid biogeography and Parabuthus envenomation are discussed.


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Project DOI: 10.7934/P640, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P640
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    Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M1518' (27 Taxa)

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    [1] Grosphus madagascariensis
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    [2] Uroplectes triangulifer
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    [3] Parabuthus granimanus
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    [4] Parabuthus heterurus
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    [5] Parabuthus hunteri
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    [6] Parabuthus leiosoma
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    [7] Parabuthus pallidus
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    [8] Parabuthus brevimanus
    Last Modified in 12/05/13
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    [9] Parabuthus calvus
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    [10] Parabuthus capensis
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    [11] Parabuthus distridor
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    [12] Parabuthus gracilis
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    [13] Parabuthus granulatus
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    [14] Parabuthus kalaharicus
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    [15] Parabuthus kraepelini
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    [16] Parabuthus kuanyamarum
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    [17] Parabuthus laevifrons
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    [18] Parabuthus mossambicensis
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    [19] Parabuthus muelleri
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    [20] Parabuthus namibensis
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    [21] Parabuthus nanus
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    [22] Parabuthus planicauda
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    [23] Parabuthus raudus
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    [24] Parabuthus schlechteri
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    [25] Parabuthus stridulus
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    [26] Parabuthus transvaalicus
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    [27] Parabuthus villosus
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