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Euscorpiidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Arachnida › Scorpiones › Euscorpiidae

Euscorpius italicus (Herbst, 1800)

Euscorpius italicus is the largest species of small wood-scorpions, native to a broad range from North Africa to Western Asia, and introduced to Yemen.

Euscorpius flavicaudis (DeGeer, 1778)

The European yellow-tailed scorpion, native to Southern Europe and Northwest Africa, has an introduced population in the UK.

Alpiscorpius mingrelicus (Kessler, 1874)

Alpiscorpius mingrelicus is a small dark scorpion found from Anatolia to Eastern Europe, with poorly studied biology and mild venom.

Related Families

Buthidae 42 species Scorpionidae 13 species Vaejovidae 9 species Hormuridae 5 species Bothriuridae 2 species Chactidae 2 species Hadruridae 2 species Diplocentridae 1 species

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