The genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in southeast Brazil, with the description of three new species

Abstract

A new synthesis of the geographical distribution of the genus Ananteris Th orell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in Brazil is proposed. Th ree new species, Ananteris chagasi sp. n., Ananteris kuryi sp. n., and Ananteris bernabei sp. n. are described from the States of Bahia, Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais. Only isolated records of Ananteris species where known up to now, for the States of Minas Gerais and Bahia. Th e record of an Ananteris species from the State of Espirito Santo is new. Th e total number of Ananteris species is now raised to 67 and from this, 16 species are found in Brazil. Th e geographical distribution of the genus is considerably enlarged in the country.

Description of three more new species of the genus Ananteris

“…As mentioned in previous papers, the genus Ananteris Thorell 1891, was originally created Ananteris Thorell 1891, was originally created Ananteris Thorell for Ananteris balzanii Thorell, 1891, a species described from the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil (Thorell 1891, Lourenço 1982, 2012, Giupponi et al 2009). Subsequently a second species Ananteris festae Borelli, 1899 was described from the forests of the 'Rio Peripá' in Ecuador, followed by a third species Ananteris cussinii Borelli 1910, from Cagua in Venezuela.…”

“…Nevertheless, each Brazilian species of Ananteris has been clearly associated with the precise types of vegetation present in the country. This leads to a better understanding of the biogeographical patterns of distribution of the species of Ananteris in Brazil (Lourenço, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1997, 2004a, b, 2005, 2012, Lourenço et al 2006, 2009, Lourenço and Duhem 2010, Giupponi et al 2009). …”

“…balzanii Thorell 1891, andA. chagasi Giupponi, Vasconcelos &Lourenço 2009, from the state of Minas Gerais (Lourenço 1982, 2004b, Giupponi et al 2009). …”

Arachnids from Araripe Plateau, Ceará, Brazil

“…On the other hand, Ananteris franckei Lourenço, 1982 (Figure 3B), Micropholcus crato Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014, Soesilarishius macrochelis Ruiz, 2013 and Soesilarishius cearensis Ruiz, 2013 are known only from the Araripe Plateau (Lourenço 2002(Lourenço , 2004Ruiz 2013;Huber et al 2014;Porto et al 2014). These last four species must be considered endemic to the Araripe rainforest, as no further record of them outside that area are known (Giupponi et al 2009, Lourenço 2012, 2013Ruiz 2013;Huber et al 2014). The Araripe Plateau constitutes a natural forested enclave (Prado 2003;Leal et al 2005), also known as "brejo-de-altitude" (Andrade-Lima 1982).…”

Checklist dos escorpiões (Arachnida, Scorpiones) do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

“…Ananteris balzanii é a espécie com a maior distribuição geográfica dentro do gênero, ocorrendo desde a Argentina, Paraguai, Bolívia até o norte e nordeste do Brasil (Lourenço, 2002;Pinto-da-Rocha et al, 2007), habitando apenas áreas abertas de vegetação tipo savana (Lourenço, 2002). Ananteris mariaterezae, embora não esteja listada como presente no estado do Mato Grosso do Sul no trabalho de Giupponi et al (2009), ocorre neste estado, visto que um indivíduo procedente de Corumbá, na zona do Pantanal sul matogrossense, foi utilizado na descrição original desta espécie (Lourenço, 1982). Além disto, Lourenço (2002) reafirmou a ocorrência desta espécie nesta localidade, informando ainda que as duas localidades (Corumbá-MS e Ilha do Bananal-TO) com registros desta espécie estão inseridas no bioma Pantanal.…”