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Orobothriurus huascaran Ochoa, Ojanguren-Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2011

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Rank: Species
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Parent: Orobothriurus Maury, 1976
Specific Name: huascaran
Authorship: Ochoa, Ojanguren-Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini
Publication: Ochoa, José A., Andrés A. Ojanguren-Affilastro, Camilo I. Mattoni & Lorenzo Prendini. 2011 Systematic revision of the Andean scorpion genus Orobothriurus Maury, 1976 (Bothriuridae), with discussion of the altitude record for scorpions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 359: 1-90.
Page: 56
Figure(s): 4D, 11C, 12A, 14D, 19D, 21F, 22D, 23D, 24C, 37–39, 40A–C, 52
Type Specimen(s): PERU: Ancash Department: Huaraz Province: Holotype male (MHNC), Cordillera Blanca, Huascarán National Park, Ishinca, 09°22'49''S 77°27'39''W, 4100 m, 19.vi.1998, J.A. Ochoa. Paratypes: Huaraz Province: Cordillera Blanca, Huascarán National Park, Ishinca, from 09°22'49''S 77°27'39''W, 4050 m, to 09°22'28''S 77°24'36''W, 4910 m, 18–19.vi.1998, J.A. Ochoa, 3 males, 3 females, 2 juv. males (MHNC); Quebrada Querococha, Catac [09°32'S 77°24'W], 3900 m, vi.1981, W.R. Lourenço, 1 male, 2 females (MHNG); Querococha, 3850 m, 16.iii.1994, M. Etonti, 1 male (MRSN); Pastoruri [09°51'S 77°12'W], 4900 m, 18.iii.1994, M. Etonti, 1 male (MRSN). Huaylas Province: Laguna Parón [08°59'43''S 77°40'41''W, 4160 m], 16.v.2010, R. Pinto da Rocha and D. Silva, 2 males (MZSP), 1 male, 1 female (MUSM), 2 juv. (AMNH [LP 10709, 10713]). Yungay Province: Llanganuco, 4000 m, 2.i.1976, O. F. Francke, 1 male, 5 females (MACNAr 17889); same locality, 3600–3850 m, 15.iii.1994, M. Etonti, 2 females (MRSN); same locality, 3810 m, vi.1997, F. Pribik, 1 female, 1 juv. (FKPC); Llanganuco, Huascarán National Park, 09°04'42''S 77°38'57''W, 3800–4000 m, 28–29.ix.1998, J.A. Ochoa, Polylepis forest, 1 male, 3 female paratypes (MHNC), 1 male, 1 female (AMNH), 1 male, 1 female (LBRE); Chinancocha, Llanganuco, 09°04'18''S 77°38'38''W, 3844 m, 15.v.2010, R. Pinto da Rocha and D. Silva, 1 female (MZSP).
Type Locality: PERU: Ancash Department: Huaraz Province: Cordillera Blanca, Huascarán National Park, Ishinca, 09°22'49''S 77°27'39''W, 4100 m
Fossil: No