Brachistosternus

Brachistosternus is a scorpion genus in the Bothriuridae family. B. ehrenbergii is the most cited species in the genus. The genus is distributed in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru.

== Species == Brachistosternus contains the following fifty species: Brachistosternus aconcagua Ojanguren Affilastro & Luisa-Scioscia, 2007 Brachistosternus alienus Lönnberg, 1898 Brachistosternus anandrovestigia Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018 Brachistosternus andinus Chamberlin, 1916 Brachistosternus angustimanus Ojanguren Affilastro & Roig Alsina, 2001 Brachistosternus artigasi Cekalovic, 1974 Brachistosternus barrigai Ojanguren Affilastro & Pizarro-Araya, 2014 Brachistosternus castroi Mello-Leitao, 1940 (nomen dubium) Brachistosternus cekalovici Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005 Brachistosternus cepedai Ojanguren Affilastro, Augusto, Pizarro-Araya & Mattoni, 2007 Brachistosternus chango Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2007 Brachistosternus chilensis Kraepelin, 1911 Brachistosternus chimba Ojanguren Affilastro, Alfaro & Pizarro-Araya, 2021 Brachistosternus contisuyu Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018 Brachistosternus coquimbo Ojanguren Affilastro, Augusto, Pizarro-Araya & Mattoni, 2007 Brachistosternus donosoi Cekalovic, 1974 Brachistosternus ehrenbergii (Gervais, 1841) Brachistosternus ferrugineus (Thorell, 1876) Brachistosternus gayi Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018 Brachistosternus galianoae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002 Brachistosternus holmbergi Carbonell, 1923 (nomen dubium) Brachistosternus intermedius Lönnberg, 1902 Brachistosternus kamanchaca Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2007 Brachistosternus kovariki Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003 Brachistosternus llullaillaco Ojanguren Affilastro, Alfaro & Pizarro-Araya, 2021 Brachistosternus mattonii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005 Brachistosternus misti Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018 Brachistosternus montanus Roig Alsina, 1977 Brachistosternus multidentatus Maury, 1984 Brachistosternus negrei Cekalovic, 1975 Brachistosternus ninapo Ochoa, 2004 Brachistosternus ochoai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2004 Brachistosternus paposo Ojanguren Affilastro & Pizarro-Araya, 2014 Brachistosternus paulae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003 Brachistosternus pegnai Cekalovic, 1969 Brachistosternus pentheri Mello-Leitao, 1931 Brachistosternus perettii Ojanguren Affilastro & Mattoni, 2006 Brachistosternus peruvianus Toledo Piza, 1974 Brachistosternus philippii Ojanguren Affilastro, Pizarro-Araya & Ochoa, 2018 Brachistosternus piacentinii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003 Brachistosternus prendinii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003 Brachistosternus quiscapata Ochoa & Acosta, 2002 Brachistosternus roigalsinai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002 Brachistosternus sciosciae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002 Brachistosternus simoneae Lourenço, 2000 (nomen dubium) Brachistosternus telteca Ojanguren Affilastro, 2000 Brachistosternus titicaca Ochoa & Acosta, 2002 Brachistosternus turpuq Ochoa, 2002 Brachistosternus weyenberghi (Thorell, 1876) Brachistosternus zambrunoi Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002