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Buthidae

42 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Arachnida › Scorpiones › Buthidae

Parabuthus brevimanus (Thorell, 1876)

Parabuthus brevimanus is a scorpion species identifiable by unique morphological traits, found sympatric with P. gracilis in Namibia.

Parabuthus villosus (Peters, 1862)

Parabuthus villosus, the black hairy thick-tailed scorpion, is the largest Buthidae scorpion found in southern Africa.

Parabuthus granulatus (Ehrenberg, 1831)

The granulated thick-tailed scorpion (Parabuthus granulatus) is a large, highly venomous southern African scorpion that causes most serious stings in South Africa.

Parabuthus transvaalicus Purcell, 1899

Parabuthus transvaalicus, the Black Thick-Tailed scorpion, is a dark, thick-tailed nocturnal scorpion native to southern Africa.

Parabuthus mossambicensis (Peters, 1861)

Parabuthus mossambicensis, the orange flattail scorpion, is a highly venomous southern African scorpion reaching 80mm in length.

Uroplectes vittatus (Thorell, 1876)

Uroplectes vittatus is a small, mildly venomous Buthidae scorpion found in southern Africa.

Uroplectes formosus Pocock, 1890

Uroplectes formosus is a Buthidae scorpion species that typically resides on trees, often under bark.

Uroplectes otjimbinguensis (Karsch, 1879)

Uroplectes otjimbinguensis is a small arid-region pale-yellow scorpion that occurs across all altitudes of the Brandberg Massif.

Uroplectes carinatus (Pocock, 1890)

Uroplectes carinatus is a Buthidae family scorpion species found in five southern African countries.

Uroplectes lineatus (C.L.Koch, 1844)

Uroplectes lineatus is an endemic South African scorpion species with clinically important venom.

Uroplectes olivaceus Pocock, 1896

Uroplectes olivaceus is a small buthid scorpion with non-lethal venom that causes minor swelling in humans.

Isometrus maculatus (DeGeer, 1778)

Isometrus maculatus is a species that reaches 30–75 mm in length, with venom containing toxins ImKTX58 and ImKTx88.

Lychas variatus (Thorell, 1876)

Lychas variatus is a small scorpion species found across New Guinea and northern/eastern Australia, living in warm moist sheltered sites.

Lychas marmoreus (C.L.Koch, 1844)

Lychas marmoreus is a small Australian scorpion with a marbled pattern, found across much of southern mainland Australia.

Mesobuthus eupeus (C.L.Koch, 1839)

Mesobuthus eupeus is a small sexually dimorphic scorpion species found across arid and semi-arid regions of Eurasia and Australia.

Odontobuthus doriae (Thorell, 1876)

Odontobuthus doriae is a medium-sized pale yellow to yellow scorpion found in Iran and Iraq.

Reddyanus melanodactylus (L.Koch, 1867)

Reddyanus melanodactylus is an Australian Buthidae scorpion found mainly in eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Olivierus martensii (Karsch, 1879)

Olivierus martensii is a Buthidae scorpion found across East Asia, growing to 6 cm and living 4–6 years.

Related Families

Scorpionidae 13 species Vaejovidae 9 species Hormuridae 5 species Euscorpiidae 3 species Bothriuridae 2 species Chactidae 2 species Hadruridae 2 species Diplocentridae 1 species

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