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 Chactidae[3] – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
| Euscorpius | |
|---|---|
| Euscorpius italicus in italy | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Euscorpiidae |
| Genus: | Euscorpius Thorell, 1876[1] |
| Synonyms[2] | |
| Acanthothraustes Mello-Leitão, 1945 | |
The most common members belong to the E. carpathicus species complex, which makes up the subgenus Euscorpius.[2] This group is widespread from North Africa and Spain to temperate Eurasia from England and northern France through the Czech Republic to Russia.[3]
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:[4]
- 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 Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
- Euscorpius bonacinai Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
- Euscorpius borovaglavaensis Tropea, 2015
- Euscorpius calabriae Di Caporiacco, 1950
- Euscorpius candiota Birula, 1903
- Euscorpius canestrinii (Fanzago, 1872)
- Euscorpius carpathicus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Euscorpius celanus Tropea, 2012
- Euscorpius ciliciensis Birula, 1898
- Euscorpius concinnus (C. L. Koch, 1837)
- Euscorpius corcyraeus Tropea & Rossi, 2012
- Euscorpius curcici Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2017
- Euscorpius deltshevi Fet, Graham, Webber & Blagoev, 2014
- Euscorpius drenskii Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2015
- Euscorpius erymanthius Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013
- Euscorpius eskisehirensis Tropea & Yagmur, 2015
- Euscorpius feti Tropea, 2013
- Euscorpius garganicus Caporiacco, 1950
- Euscorpius giachinoi Tropea & Fet, 2015
- Euscorpius gocmeni Tropea, Yagmur & Yesilyurt, 2014
- Euscorpius hadzii Caporiacco, 1950
- Euscorpius hakani Tropea & Yagmur, 2016
- Euscorpius honazicus Tropea, Yagmur, Karampatsou, Parmakelis & Yesilyurt, 2016
- Euscorpius hyblaeus Tropea, 2016
- Euscorpius idaeus Yagmur & Tropea, 2017
- Euscorpius italicus (Herbst, 1800)
- Euscorpius janstai Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
- Euscorpius kabateki Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
- Euscorpius kinzelbachi Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
- Euscorpius koci Tropea & Yagmur, 2015
- Euscorpius koschewnikowi Birula, 1900
- Euscorpius kritscheri Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013
- Euscorpius lagostae Caporiacco, 1950
- Euscorpius lesbiacus Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi, Stathi & Zafeiriou, 2020
- Euscorpius lycius Yagmur, Tropea & Yesilyurt, 2013
- Euscorpius mylonasi Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
- Euscorpius naupliensis (C. L. Koch, 1837)
- Euscorpius oglasae Di Caporiacco, 1950
- Euscorpius ossae Di Capriacco, 1950
- Euscorpius parthenopeius Tropea, Parmakelis, Sziszkosz, Balanika & Bouderka, 2014
- Euscorpius popovi Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2015
- Euscorpius sadileki Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
- Euscorpius salentinus Tropea, 2017
- Euscorpius scaber Birula, 1900
- Euscorpius scheraboni Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
- Euscorpius sicanus (C. L. Koch, 1837)
- Euscorpius solegladi Fet, Graham, Webber & Blagoev, 2014
- Euscorpius stahlavskyi Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
- Euscorpius studentium Karaman, 2020
- Euscorpius sultanensis Tropea & Yagmur, 2016
- Euscorpius tauricus (C. L. Koch, 1837)
- Euscorpius tergestinus (C.L. Koch, 1837)
- Euscorpius thracicus Kovarik, Lowe, Byronova & Stahlavsky, 2020
- Euscorpius vailatii Tropea & Fet, 2015
- Euscorpius vignai Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
- Euscorpius yagmuri Kovarik, Fet & Soleglad, 2014
References
- ^ Thorell, T. (1876). "I.—On the classification of Scorpions". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4. 17 (97): 1–15. doi:10.1080/00222937608681889. ISSN 0374-5481.
- ^ a b Teruel & Fet (2005)
- ^ a b Rein (2008a)
- ^ Rein, Jan Ove (2022). "Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 10 April 2022.