Scorpiops

Scorpiops
Scorpiops atomatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Euscorpiidae
Genus: Scorpiops
Peters, 1861

Scorpiops is a genus of scorpions in the family Euscorpiidae. It is distributed throughout much of Asia.[1] The taxonomy of the group is unclear because new species and subgenera are described often, and one subgroup may represent a species complex.[2]

Species include:[3]

  • Scorpiops afghanus Lourenço & Qi, 2006
  • Scorpiops atomatus Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005
  • Scorpiops braunwalderi Kovařík, 2000
  • Scorpiops dastychi Kovařík, 2000
  • Scorpiops demisi Kovařík, 2005
  • Scorpiops farkaci Kovařík, 1993
  • Scorpiops feti Kovařík, 2000
  • Scorpiops hardwickii (Gervais, 1843)
  • Scorpiops irenae Kovařík, 1994
  • Scorpiops jendeki Kovařík, 1994
  • Scorpiops kraepelini Lourenço, 1998
  • Scorpiops langxian Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005
  • Scorpiops leptochirus Pocock, 1893
  • Scorpiops lhasa Di & Zhu, 2009
  • Scorpiops lindbergi (Vachon, 1980)
  • Scorpiops luridus Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005
  • Scorpiops margerisonae Kovařík, 2000
  • Scorpiops oligotrichus Fage, 1933
  • Scorpiops pachmarhicus Bastawade, 1992
  • Scorpiops pakistanus Kovařík & Ahmed, 2009
  • Scorpiops petersii Pocock, 1893
  • Scorpiops pococki Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005
  • Scorpiops pseudomontanus Kovařík & Ahmed, 2009
  • Scorpiops rohtangensis Mani, 1959
  • Scorpiops tibetanus Hirst, 1911
  • Scorpiops zubairahmedi Kovařík, 2009

References

  1. ↑ Di, Z. and M. Zhu. 2009. One new species of the Genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae) from Xizang, China. Zootaxa 2030 39-48.
  2. ↑ Di, Z., et al. 2011. The first record of the family Euscorpiidae (Arachnida: Scorpiones) from Central China, with a key of Chinese species of the genus Scorpiops. Euscorpius 118.
  3. ↑ Scorpiops. Catalogue of Life. Version 20 December 2017.


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