''Gigantometrus'' is a genus, whose members are also known by the collective
vernacular name giant forest scorpions. There only two
species
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in this
genus
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Species
* ''
Gigantometrus swammerdami''
* ''
Gigantometrus titanicus''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q102127974
Scorpionidae
Animals described in 1978
Scorpions of Asia