The molecular phylogeny of three species of genus Buthacus, based on 16S rRNA mitochondrial DNA gene from Egypt and Saudi Arabia is presented. The inferred phylogeny based on maximum-parsimony, neighbor-joining and bayesian inference, indicates the monophyletic status of the genus Buthacus. A clear deep splitting between the “Egyptian clade” consisting of B. arenicola and B. leptochyles and the “Arabian clade” consisting of B. nigroaculatus was shown.

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从埃及和沙特阿拉伯的 16S rRNA 推断出的 Buthacus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) 属不同物种之间的种间系统发育关系

介绍了基于来自埃及和沙特阿拉伯的 16S rRNA 线粒体 DNA 基因的三种 Buthacus 属的分子系统发育。基于最大简约、相邻连接和贝叶斯推理的系统发育推断表明了 Buthacus 属的单系状态。显示了由 B. arenicola 和 B. leptochyles 组成的“Egyptian clade”与由 B. nigroaculatus 组成的“Arabian clade”之间明显的深裂。