Table 1. Records of metasomal autotomy in scorpions of the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Buthidae).
| Inter-segments where autotomy occurs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Males | Females | Observation | I–II | II–III | III–IV | Country: state, region or province |
| Ananteris arcadioi Botero-Trujillo, 2008 * | 2 | F, S | 1 | Colombia: Meta | |||
| Ananteris ashmolei Lourenço, 1981 | 1 | F | 1 | Ecuador: Napo | |||
| Ananteris balzani Thorell, 1891 | 7 | F, S | 2 | 5 | Brazil: Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, São Paulo | ||
| Ananteris charlescorfieldi Lourenço, 2001 | 2 | 1 | F | 1 | 2 | Bolivia: Santa Cruz | |
| Ananteris columbiana Lourenço, 1991 | 1 | 2 | S | 1 | 2 | Colombia: Córdoba, Magdalena | |
| Ananteris dekeyseri Lourenço, 1982 | 3 | S | 3 | Brazil: Amazonas | |||
| Ananteris dorae Botero-Trujillo, 2008 | 1 | S | 1 | Colombia: Nariño | |||
| Ananteris ehrlichi Lourenço, 1994 | 1 | S | 1 | Colombia: Caquetá | |||
| Ananteris solimariae Botero-Trujillo & Flórez, 2011 * | 23 | 1 | F, L | 2 | 4 | 16 | Colombia: Santander |
| Ananteris venezuelensis González-Sponga, 1972 | 1 | S | 1 | Venezuela: Bolívar | |||
| Ananteris sp. cf. ehrlichi | 1 | S | 1 | Colombia: Vaupes | |||
| Ananteris sp. 1 | 1 | S | 1 | Colombia: Amazonas | |||
| Ananteris sp. 2 | 1 | F | 1 | Perú: San Martín | |||
| Ananteris sp. 3 | 4 | 1 | S | 3 | 2 | Venezuela: Bolívar | |
| Total | 47 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 34 | ||
L = autotomy observed in the laboratory; F = autotomy observed in the field; S = collected with a well-developed scar on the severed stump of the metasoma.
* Some data about detached segments are missing.