Biology:Euscorpius

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Short description: Genus of scorpions

Euscorpius
Euscorpius italicus Cembra 01.jpg
Euscorpius italicus in italy
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Euscorpiidae
Genus: Euscorpius
Thorell, 1876[1]
Synonyms[2]

Acanthothraustes Mello-Leitão, 1945
Scorpius Poda, 1761

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.

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

  1. 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. https://zenodo.org/record/1430231. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Teruel & Fet (2005)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Rein (2008a)
  4. Rein, Jan Ove (2022). "Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896". https://www.ntnu.no/ub/scorpion-files/euscorpiidae.php. 

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