Wilson R. Lourenço

Wilson R. Lourenço is a French-Brazilian arachnologist specializing in scorpions.

Biography

Wilson R. Lourenço gained his PhD in evolutionary biology in 1978 from the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, and a doctorate in population biology there in 1985. Since 1971 he has worked on the taxonomy, general biology, biogeography, and ecology of scorpions. He is an emeritus research fellow at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle of Paris. He has published over 600 papers on scorpions, and books including the 2002 Scorpions of Brazil.

Dedicated taxa

Other zoologists have named the following taxa after Lourenço:

Buthus lourencoi Rossi, Tropea & Yağmur, 2013

Diplocentrus lourencoi Stockwell, 1988

Lychas lourencoi Kovarík, 1997

Microchelifer lourencoi Heurtault, 1983

Rumikiru lourencoi Ojanguren & Affilastro, 2003 (formerly Orobothriurus lourencoi) Simulium lourencoi Py & Daniel, 1988 Tityus lourencoi Flórez, 1996

Described taxa

Lourenço has described the following taxa:

Afghanobuthus Lourenço, 2005

Afghanobuthus naumanni Lourenço, 2005

Ananteris ashmolei Lourenço, 1981

Ananteris bernabei Giupponi, Vasconcelos & Lourenço, 2009

Ananteris cachimboensis Lourenço, Motta & da Silva, 2006

Ananteris chagasi Giupponi, Vasconcelos & Lourenço, 2009

Ananteris charlescorfieldi Lourenço, 2001

Ananteris coineaui Lourenço, 1982

Ananteris columbiana Lourenço, 1991

Ananteris cryptozoicus Lourenço, 2005

Ananteris dacostai Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020

Ananteris dekeyseri Lourenço, 1982

Ananteris deniseae Lourenço, 1997

Ananteris ehrlichi Lourenço, 1994

Ananteris elisabethae Lourenço, 2003

Ananteris evellynae Lourenço, 2004

Ananteris franckei Lourenço, 1982

Ananteris gorgonae Lourenço & Flórez, 1989

Ananteris guyanensis Lourenço & Monod, 1999

Ananteris kuryi Giupponi, Vasconcelos & Lourenço, 2009

Ananteris leilae Lourenço, 1999

Ananteris luciae Lourenço, 1984

Ananteris maniapurensis González-Sponga, 2006

Ananteris mamilihpan Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020

Ananteris maranhensis Lourenço, 1987

Ananteris mariaelenae Lourenço, 1999

Ananteris mariaterezae Lourenço, 1987

Ananteris mauryi Lourenço, 1982

Ananteris nairae Lourenço, 2004

Ananteris pierrekondre Lourenço, Chevalier, Gangadin & Ythier, 2020

Ananteris platnicki Lourenço, 1993

Ananteris pydanieli Lourenço, 1982

Ananteris sabineae Lourenço, 2001

Ananteris sipilili Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020

Ananteris tresor Ythier, Chevalier & Lourenço, 2020

Androctonus afghanus Lourenço & Qi, 2006

Androctonus aleksandrplotkini Lourenço & Qi, 2007

Androctonus dekeyseri Lourenço, 2005

Androctonus maelfaiti Lourenço, 2005

Androctonus maroccanus Lourenço, Ythier & Leguin, 2009

Apistobuthus susanae Lourenço, 1998

Archaeobuthidae Lourenço, 2001

Archaeobuthus estephani Lourenço, 2001

Archaeobuthus Lourenço, 2001

Babycurus solegladi Lourenço, 2005

Belisariini Lourenço, 1998

Birulatus astartiae Stathi & Lourenço, 2003

Birulatus israelensis Lourenço, 2002

Bothriurus cerradoensis Lourenço, Motta, Godoi & Araújo, 2004

Brachistosternus simoneae Lourenço, 2000

Brazilobothriurus Lourenço & Monod, 2000

Brazilobothriurus pantanalensis Lourenço & Monod, 2000