The Emperor is back! Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Pandinus imperator (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae)
The holotype of the Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator (C.L. Koch, 1841) was long believed to have been lost. In 2015, as scientists at the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart were digitizing its entomological collections, they rediscovered the specimen on which Koch had based his descript...
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| author | Holstein, Joachim Wendt, Ingo Rossi, Andrea |
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| description | The holotype of the Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator (C.L. Koch, 1841) was long believed to have been lost. In 2015, as scientists at the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart were digitizing its entomological collections, they rediscovered the specimen on which Koch had based his description of the scorpion in 1841. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-713de094fad448eda0d06893ae5fa73f2022-12-22T01:49:15ZdeuArachnologische Gesellschaft (ARAGES)Arachnologische Mitteilungen1018-41712199-72332017-09-0154444710.5431/aramit5410809The Emperor is back! Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Pandinus imperator (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae)Holstein, JoachimWendt, IngoRossi, AndreaThe holotype of the Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator (C.L. Koch, 1841) was long believed to have been lost. In 2015, as scientists at the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart were digitizing its entomological collections, they rediscovered the specimen on which Koch had based his description of the scorpion in 1841. http://www.arages.de/aramit/pdf/Heft_54/AM54_44_47.pdf Buthus imperatorEmperor Scorpionlost typeState Museum of Natural History Stuttgart |
| spellingShingle | Holstein, Joachim Wendt, Ingo Rossi, Andrea The Emperor is back! Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Pandinus imperator (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) Arachnologische Mitteilungen Buthus imperator Emperor Scorpion lost type State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart |
| title | The Emperor is back! Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Pandinus imperator (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) |
| title_full | The Emperor is back! Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Pandinus imperator (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) |
| title_fullStr | The Emperor is back! Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Pandinus imperator (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Emperor is back! Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Pandinus imperator (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) |
| title_short | The Emperor is back! Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Pandinus imperator (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) |
| title_sort | emperor is back rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of pandinus imperator scorpiones scorpionidae |
| topic | Buthus imperator Emperor Scorpion lost type State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart |
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http://www.arages.de/aramit/pdf/Heft_54/AM54_44_47.pdf
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