''Euscorpius'' is a genus of
scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65
species and is the
type genus of the
family Euscorpiidae
The Euscorpiidae are a family of scorpions.
Genera
''Euscorpiidae'' contains the following six genera:
* '' Alpiscorpius'' Gantenbein ''et al.'', 1999
* ''Euscorpius
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpion ...
– long included in the
Chactidae
The Chactidae are a family of scorpions established by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1893. They make up the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Chactoidea.
Genera
Chactidae contains the following genera:
*''Anuroctonus'' Pocock, 1893
*''Auyantepuia'' (Gonz ...
[Rein (2008a)] – and the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Euscorpiinae.
The most common members belong to the ''
E. carpathicus''
species complex, which makes up the
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
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Euscorpius
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae ...
''.
This group is widespread from
North Africa and
Spain to
temperate Eurasia from
England and northern
France through the
Czech Republic to
Russia.
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
''Euscorpius'' contains the following sixty-five species:
* ''
Euscorpius aladaglarensis''
Tropea & Yagmur, 2016
* ''
Euscorpius alanyaensis''
Tropea, Yagmur, Parmakelis & Kunt, 2016
* ''
Euscorpius altadonnai''
Tropea, 2017
* ''
Euscorpius amorgensis''
Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2017
* ''
Euscorpius aquilejensis''
(C. L. Koch, 1837)
* ''
Euscorpius arikani''
Yagmur & Tropea, 2015
* ''
Euscorpius avcii''
Tropea, Yagmur, Koc, Yesilyurt & Rossi 2012
* ''
Euscorpius balearicus''
Caporiacco, 1950
* ''
Euscorpius biokovensis''
Tropea & Ozimec, 2020
* ''
Euscorpius birulai
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
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Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
* ''
Euscorpius bonacinai''
Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
* ''
Euscorpius borovaglavaensis
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
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Tropea, 2015
* ''
Euscorpius calabriae
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
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Di Caporiacco, 1950
* ''
Euscorpius candiota
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
T ...
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Birula, 1903
* ''
Euscorpius canestrinii
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
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(Fanzago, 1872)
* ''
Euscorpius carpathicus''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''
Euscorpius celanus''
Tropea, 2012
* ''
Euscorpius ciliciensis''
Birula, 1898
* ''
Euscorpius concinnus
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
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(C. L. Koch, 1837)
* ''
Euscorpius corcyraeus''
Tropea & Rossi, 2012
* ''
Euscorpius curcici
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family (biology), family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily ...
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Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2017
* ''
Euscorpius deltshevi''
Fet, Graham, Webber & Blagoev, 2014
* ''
Euscorpius drenskii
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae ...
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Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2015
* ''
Euscorpius erymanthius
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae ...
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Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013
* ''
Euscorpius eskisehirensis''
Tropea & Yagmur, 2015
* ''
Euscorpius feti
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family (biology), family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily ...
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Tropea, 2013
* ''
Euscorpius garganicus
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
T ...
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Caporiacco, 1950
* ''
Euscorpius giachinoi
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
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Tropea & Fet, 2015
* ''
Euscorpius gocmeni''
Tropea, Yagmur & Yesilyurt, 2014
* ''
Euscorpius hadzii''
Caporiacco, 1950
* ''
Euscorpius hakani''
Tropea & Yagmur, 2016
* ''
Euscorpius honazicus
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae ...
''
Tropea, Yagmur, Karampatsou, Parmakelis & Yesilyurt, 2016
* ''
Euscorpius hyblaeus''
Tropea, 2016
* ''
Euscorpius idaeus
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
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Yagmur & Tropea, 2017
* ''
Euscorpius italicus''
(Herbst, 1800)
* ''
Euscorpius janstai
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family (biology), family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily ...
''
Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
* ''
Euscorpius kabateki''
Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
* ''
Euscorpius kinzelbachi
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae ...
''
Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
* ''
Euscorpius koci
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family (biology), family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily ...
''
Tropea & Yagmur, 2015
* ''
Euscorpius koschewnikowi''
Birula, 1900
* ''
Euscorpius kritscheri
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae ...
''
Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013
* ''
Euscorpius lagostae
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
T ...
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Caporiacco, 1950
* ''
Euscorpius lesbiacus
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
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Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi, Stathi & Zafeiriou, 2020
* ''
Euscorpius lycius
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
''
Yagmur, Tropea & Yesilyurt, 2013
* ''
Euscorpius mylonasi''
Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
* ''
Euscorpius naupliensis
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
''
(C. L. Koch, 1837)
* ''
Euscorpius oglasae
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
''
Di Caporiacco, 1950
* ''
Euscorpius ossae''
Di Capriacco, 1950
* ''
Euscorpius parthenopeius
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae ...
''
Tropea, Parmakelis, Sziszkosz, Balanika & Bouderka, 2014
* ''
Euscorpius popovi
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
''
Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2015
* ''
Euscorpius sadileki''
Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
* ''
Euscorpius salentinus''
Tropea, 2017
* ''
Euscorpius scaber
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
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Birula, 1900
* ''
Euscorpius scheraboni
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae ...
''
Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
* ''
Euscorpius sicanus
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family (biology), family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily ...
''
(C. L. Koch, 1837)
* ''
Euscorpius solegladi''
Fet, Graham, Webber & Blagoev, 2014
* ''
Euscorpius stahlavskyi
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
''
Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
* ''
Euscorpius studentium
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
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Karaman, 2020
* ''
Euscorpius sultanensis
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
T ...
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Tropea & Yagmur, 2016
* ''
Euscorpius tauricus
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
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(C. L. Koch, 1837)
* ''
Euscorpius tergestinus
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family (biology), family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily ...
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(C.L. Koch, 1837)
* ''
Euscorpius thracicus''
Kovarik, Lowe, Byronova & Stahlavsky, 2020
* ''
Euscorpius vailatii
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
...
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Tropea & Fet, 2015
* ''
Euscorpius vignai
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae ...
''
Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
* ''
Euscorpius yagmuri
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae ...
''
Kovarik, Fet & Soleglad, 2014
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q139185
Euscorpiidae
Scorpion genera
Scorpions of Africa
Scorpions of Asia
Scorpions of Europe
Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell