''Afrolychas'' is a genus of scorpion in the family

Buthidae The Buthidae are the largest family of scorpions, containing about 100 genera and 1339 species as of 2022. A few very large genera ('' Ananteris'', '' Centruroides'', ''Compsobuthus'', or '' Tityus'') are known, but a high number of species-po ...

. There are two species in this genus, both of which used to belong to the genus ''

Lychas ''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. Des ...

''. The genus was described in 2019 by František Kovařík. The genus name ''Afrolychas'' is a reference to the African range of its species and the fact that the two species used to be members of the genus ''Lychas''. ''Afrolychass closest relatives are believed to be the scorpions in the genus '' Pseudolychas''. ''

Afrolychas braueri ''Afrolychas braueri'', commonly known as the Seychelles forest scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae. It is currently thought to survive only on Silhouette Island, Seychelles, although the species was historically found on ...

'' is one of the rarest scorpions in the world, as it is listed as critically endangered on the

IUCN Red List The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biol ...

Species

* ''

'' Kraepelin, 1896 * '' Afrolychas burdoi''

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, 1882

References

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