''Lychas'' is a genus of
scorpions belonging to the family
Buthidae.
It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
Description
Total length is 21.8 to 90 mm. Sternum type 1 is subpentagonal or subtriangular. Pedipalps are orthobothriotaxic. Cheliceral fixed finger with a single ventral denticle. Third and fourth legs consists with tibial spurs. Pectines have conspicuous or inconspicuous fulcra, but rarely can be without fulcra.
There are about 8 to 26 pectinal teeth. Movable fingers of pedipalps consist with six rows of granules. Total number of terminal granules is 6 or 7. Carapace with horizontal entire dorsal surface laterally. Telson with a distinct subaculear tooth.
Species
There are about 42 species.
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Lychas aberlenci''
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Lychas americanus''
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Lychas annulatus''
Glauert, 1925
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Lychas armasi''
Kovarík, 2013
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Lychas armillatus
''Lychas'' is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
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(Gervais, 1841)
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Lychas asper
''Lychas'' is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
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(Pocock, 1891)
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Lychas biharensis''
Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
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Lychas brehieri''
Lourenço, 2017
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Lychas buchardi''
Kovarík, 1997
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Lychas buchari''
Kovařík, 1997
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Lychas cernickai
''Lychas'' is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
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Kovarík, 2013
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Lychas flavimanus
''Lychas'' is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
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(Thorell, 1888)
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Lychas gravelyi''
Henderson, 1913
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Lychas hendersoni
''Lychas'' is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
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(Pocock, 1897)
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Lychas hillyardi
''Lychas'' is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
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Kovarík, 1997
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Lychas inexpectatus''
Lourenço, 2011
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Lychas jonesae
''Lychas jonesae'', also known as the ochre scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is native to Australia, and was first described in 1925 by Australian paleontologist and Western Australian Museum curator Ludwig Gla ...
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Glauert, 1925
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Lychas kamshetensis
''Lychas'' is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
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Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
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Lychas kharpadi
''Lychas'' is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
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Bastawade, 1986
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Lychas krali''
Kovarík, 1995
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Lychas lappa''
Glauert, 1954
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Lychas lourencoi''
Kovarík, 1997
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Lychas mabillanus''
Rochebrune, 1884
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Lychas marmoreus''
(C.L.Koch, 1844)
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Lychas melanodactylus''
Koch, 1867
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Lychas mjobergi''
Kraepelin, 1916
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Lychas mucronatus''
(Fabricius, 1798)
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Lychas nigristernis''
(Pocock, 1899)
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Lychas obsti''
Kraepelin, 1913
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Lychas paraensis
''Lychas'' is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
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Koch, 1845
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Lychas perfidus''
(Keyserling, 1885)
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Lychas rackae''
Kovarík, 1997
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Lychas rugosus
''Lychas'' is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
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(Pocock, 1897)
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Lychas santoensis''
Lourenço, 2009
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Lychas scaber
''Lychas'' is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
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(Pocock, 1893)
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Lychas scutilus''
C.L.Koch, 1845
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Lychas serratus''
(Pocock, 1891)
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Lychas shelfordi
''Lychas'' is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
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(Borelli, 1904)
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Lychas spinatus''
Kraepelin, 1916
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Lychas srilankanensis''
Lorenco, 1997
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Lychas truncatus''
Glauert, 1925
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Lychas variatus''
(Thorell, 1876)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q150985
Buthidae
Scorpion genera