Euscorpius

__NOTOC__Taxobox
name = "Euscorpius"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Euscorpius balearicus" is a very pale species
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Dromopoda
ordo = Scorpiones
subordo = Neoscorpii
infraordo = Orthosterni
parvordo = Iurida
superfamilia = Chactoidea
familia = Euscorpiidae
subfamilia = Euscorpiinae
genus = Euscorpius
genus_authority = Thorell, 1876
subdivision_ranks = Subgenera
subdivision ="Alpiscorpius" Gantenbein, Fet, Largiader & Scholl, 1999
"Euscorpius" Thorell, 1876
"Polytrichobothrius" Birula, 1917
"Tetratrichobothrius" Birula, 1917

synonyms ="Acanthothraustes" Mello-Leitão, 1945
"Scorpius" Poda, 1761
Teruel & Fet (2005)]

"Euscorpius" is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 17 species (but see below) and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae - long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a)] - and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.

The most common members belong to the "E. carpathicus" species complex, which makes up the subgenus "Euscorpius". 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 poison of "Euscorpius" species is generally very weak, with effects similar to a mosquito bite.

pecies [Rein (2008b,c)]

The genus is currently undergoing revision and the status of taxa is liable to change.
* "Euscorpius alpha" Di Caporiacco, 1950
* "Euscorpius balearicus" Di Caporiacco, 1950
* "Euscorpius beroni" Fet, 2000
* "Euscorpius carpathicus" (Linnaeus, 1767)
* "Euscorpius concinnus" (C.L.Koch, 1837)
* "Euscorpius flavicaudis" (DeGeer, 1778)
* "Euscorpius gamma" Di Caporiacco, 1950
* "Euscorpius germanus" (C.L.Koch, 1837)
* "Euscorpius hadzii" Di Caporiacco, 1950
* "Euscorpius italicus" (Herbst, 1800)
* "Euscorpius koschewnikowi" Birula, 1900
* "Euscorpius mingrelicus" (Kessler, 1874)
* "Euscorpius naupliensis" (C.L.Koch, 1837)
* "Euscorpius oglasae" Di Caporiacco, 1950 (recently split from "E. carpathicus")
* "Euscorpius sicanus" (C.L.Koch, 1837)
* "Euscorpius tauricus" (C.L.Koch, 1837)
* "Euscorpius tergestinus" (C.L.Koch, 1837) – Skeged Scorpion

Footnotes

References

* (2008a): The Scorpion Files - [http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/e_tergestinus.htm Euscorpius tergestinus] . Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.
* (2008b): The Scorpion Files - [http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/euscorpiidae.php Euscorpiidae] . Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.
* (2008c): The Scorpion Files - [http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/euscorpius_id.php Key to the species of "Euscorpius"] . Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.
* (2005): Synopsis of the described scorpions of the world - [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Euscorpiidae.txt Family Euscorpiidae] . Version of 3/7/2005. Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.

External links

* http://www.ifauna.cz/rubriky/clan_show.php?id=3703&r=3
* http://www.spidy.goliathus.com/english/euscorpius-spec-chorvatsko-id113.html
* http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/p2002_03.pdf
* http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/e_italicus.htm