Euscorpius
| Euscorpius | |
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| Euscorpius balearicus is a very pale species | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Subclass: | Dromopoda |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Euscorpiidae |
| Subfamily: | Euscorpiinae |
| Genus: | Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 |
| Subgenera | |
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Alpiscorpius Gantenbein, Fet, Largiader & Scholl, 1999 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acanthothraustes Mello-Leitão, 1945 | |
Euscorpius is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 17 species (but see below) and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae - long included in the Chactidae[2] - and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
The most common members belong to the E. carpathicus species complex, which makes up the subgenus Euscorpius.[1] This group is widespread from North Africa and Spain to temperate Eurasia from England and northern France through the Czech Republic to Russia.[2]
The species range in colour from yellow-brown to dark brown. Many are brown with yellow legs and stinger. The largest is E. italicus at 5 cm (2 in), and the smallest is E. germanus at 1.5 cm (0.6 in). The venom of Euscorpius species is generally very weak, with effects similar to a mosquito bite. Some smaller specimens may not even be able to puncture the human skin with their stings.
Species[3]
The genus is currently undergoing revision and the status of taxa is liable to change.
- Euscorpius alpha Di Caporiacco, 1950
- Euscorpius avcii Tropea, Yağmur, Koç, Yeşilyurt & Rossi, 2012[4]
- Euscorpius balearicus Di Caporiacco, 1950
- Euscorpius beroni Fet, 2000
- Euscorpius carpathicus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Euscorpius concinnus (C.L.Koch, 1837)
- Euscorpius flavicaudis (DeGeer, 1778)
- Euscorpius gamma Di Caporiacco, 1950
- Euscorpius germanus (C.L.Koch, 1837)
- Euscorpius hadzii Di Caporiacco, 1950
- Euscorpius italicus (Herbst, 1800)
- Euscorpius koschewnikowi Birula, 1900
- Euscorpius lycius Yagmur, 2013
- Euscorpius mingrelicus (Kessler, 1874)
- Euscorpius naupliensis (C.L.Koch, 1837)
- Euscorpius oglasae Di Caporiacco, 1950 (recently split from E. carpathicus)
- Euscorpius sicanus (C.L.Koch, 1837)
- Euscorpius tauricus (C.L.Koch, 1837)
- Euscorpius tergestinus (C.L.Koch, 1837) – Skeged Scorpion
Footnotes
- 1 2 Teruel & Fet (2005)
- 1 2 Rein (2008a)
- ↑ Rein (2008b,c)
- ↑ Tropea, Gioele; Yagmur, Ersen; Koç, Halil; Yeşilyurt, Fatih; Rossi, Andrea (2012). "A new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae) from Turkey". ZooKeys. 219: 63–80. doi:10.3897/zookeys.219.3597.
References
- Rein, Jan Ove (2008a): The Scorpion Files - Euscorpius tergestinus. Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.
- Rein, Jan Ove (2008b): The Scorpion Files - Euscorpiidae. Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.
- Rein, Jan Ove (2008c): The Scorpion Files - Key to the species of Euscorpius. Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.
- Teruel, Rolando & Fet, Victor (eds.) (2005): Synopsis of the described scorpions of the world - Family Euscorpiidae. Version of 3/7/2005. Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.
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