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Brachistosternus gayi Ojanguren-Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018

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Species
Brachistosternus Pocock, 1893
gayi
Ojanguren-Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa
Ojanguren-Affilastro, Andrés A., Jaime Pizarro-Araya & José A. Ochoa. 2018 Five new scorpion species of genus Brachistosternus (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae) from the deserts of Chile and Peru, with comments about some poorly studied diagnostic characters of the genus. Zootaxa 4531(2): 151–194.
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1, 2A, 3–6
Holotype male: Chile, Coquimbo Region, road to Pascua Lama Mine (29°23'55.2'' S, 70°28'22.2''W), 3280 m asl, 6/II/2014. A. A. Ojanguren-Affilastro, J. Pizarro-Araya, P. Agusto, R. Botero-Trujillo, H. Iuri (MNHN); Paratypes (same data as holotype): 1 female (MNHN); 1 male, 2 females, 3 juveniles (MACN); Same road to Pascua Lama Mine, but at a lower altitude (3089 m asl), same date and collectors (29°26'42.4'' S, 70°30'6.7'' W); 2 males, 3 females (MACN); Same road to Pascua Lama Mine, but at a lower altitude (3000 m asl), nearby a high altitude wetland (or “Bofedal”), same date and collectors (29°29'24.7'' S, 70°31'9.1'' W); 1 male, 1 female (MZUC); 2 females, 4 juveniles (LEULS).
Chile, Coquimbo Region, road to Pascua Lama Mine (29°23'55.2'' S, 70°28'22.2''W), 3280 m asl