Euscorpius

Euscorpius is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 17 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae - long included in the Chactidae[3] - and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.

Euscorpius
Euscorpius balearicus is a very pale species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Chelicerata
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Scorpiones
Family:
Euscorpiidae
Subfamily:
Euscorpiinae
Genus:
Euscorpius

Subgenera

Alpiscorpius Gantenbein, Fet, Largiader & Scholl, 1999
Euscorpius Thorell, 1876
Polytrichobothrius Birula, 1917
Tetratrichobothrius Birula, 1917

Synonyms

Acanthothraustes Mello-Leitão, 1945
Scorpius Poda, 1761
[2]

The most common members belong to the E. carpathicus species complex, which makes up the subgenus Euscorpius.[2] This group is widespread from North Africa and Spain to temperate Eurasia from England and northern France through the Czech Republic to Russia.[3]

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[4]

The genus is currently undergoing revision and the status of taxa is liable to change.

  • Euscorpius aladaglarensis Tropea and Yağmur, 2016
  • Euscorpius alpha Di Caporiacco, 1950
  • Euscorpius avcii Tropea, Yağmur, Koç, Yeşilyurt & Rossi, 2012[5]
  • 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 hakani Tropea and Yağmur, 2016
  • Euscorpius italicus (Herbst, 1800)
  • Euscorpius koschewnikowi Birula, 1900
  • Euscorpius lycius Yağmur, 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. Thorell, T. (1876). "I.—On the classification of Scorpions". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4. 17 (97): 1–15. doi:10.1080/00222937608681889. ISSN 0374-5481.
  2. Teruel & Fet (2005)
  3. Rein (2008a)
  4. Rein (2008b,c)
  5. 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. PMC 3433697. PMID 22977350.

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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