List of scorpions of Trinidad and Tobago

This is a list of the scorpions of Trinidad and Tobago. The first synopsis of the scorpion fauna came from E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering[1] in 1966 with a total of 8 species. Work by Oscar Franke and Julius Boos,[2] W. R. Lourenço & D. Huber[3] and Lorenzo Prendini[4] brought the total to ten species with eight on Trinidad and six on Tobago. Of the ten species seven are endemic to the islands.

Location of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean
Tityus trinitatis
Trinidad

Buthidae
  • Ananteris cussinii Borelli, 1910[4] – Trinidad and Tobago and northern South America
  • Microtityus rickyi Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966[4] – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago
  • Microtityus starri Lourenço & Huber, 1999[4] – endemic to Tobago
  • Tityus clathratus C. L. Koch, 1844[4] – Trinidad and northern South America
  • Tityus tenuicauda Prendini, 2001[4] – endemic to Trinidad
  • Tityus melanostictus Pocock, 1893[4] – Trinidad and northern South America
  • Tityus trinitatis Pocock, 1897[4] – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago

Chactidae
  • Broteochactas laui Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966[4] – endemic to Tobago
  • Broteochactas nitidus Pocock, 1893[4] – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago
  • Chactas raymondhansorum Francke & Boos, 1986[4] – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago

References
  1. E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering (1966). "The scorpions of Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). Caribbean Journal of Science. 6: 123–135.
  2. Oscar F. Francke & Julius Boos (1986). "Chactidae (Scorpiones) from Trinidad and Tobago". Journal of Arachnology. 14 (1): 15–28. JSTOR 3705549.
  3. W. R. Lourenço & D. Huber (1999). "Additions to the scorpion faunas of Trinidad and Tobago". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 106 (1): 249–267. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.80076.
  4. L. Prendini (2001). "Further additions to the scorpion fauna of Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 29 (2): 173–188. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0173:FATTSF]2.0.CO;2.

See also
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