# 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