Biology:Ananteris balzanii
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Short description: Species of arachnid
| Ananteris balzanii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Ananteris |
| Species: | A. balzanii
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| Binomial name | |
| Ananteris balzanii Thorell, 1891
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Ananteris balzanii is a scorpion species found in Argentina , Paraguay and Brazil .[1] It is the type species of the Ananteris genus.[2] The species will autotomize its Metasoma when threatened, and doing so decreases their ability to successfully subdue prey. [3]
References
- ↑ Thorell, 1891 : Nova species Brasiliana ordinis Scorpionum. Entomologisk Tidskrift, vol. 12, n. 2, p. 65-70.
- ↑ Lourenço, Wilson R.; Alessandro P. L., Giupponi; Leguin, Elise-Anne (2013). "Description of three more new species of the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Brazil". Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences 85 (2). doi:10.1590/S0001-37652013000200016. https://www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/qjX5ycmG3nRPjsfX7cmJ4bp/?lang=en.
- ↑ García-Hernández, Solimary; Machado, Glauco (2020). "‘Tail’ autotomy and consequent stinger loss decrease predation success in scorpions". Animal Behaviour (Elsevier BV) 169: 157–167. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.08.019. ISSN 0003-3472.
Wikidata ☰ Q2845335 entry
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