Biology:Scorpio (genus)

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Short description: Genus of scorpions

Scorpio
SCORPIO MAURUS PALMATUS.jpg
Scorpio maurus palmatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Scorpionidae
Genus: Scorpio
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Scorpio maurus
Linnaeus, 1758[1]

Scorpio is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae. The species in this genus are found in northern Africa and western Asia.[1]

Species

Scorpio was regarded as a monotypic genus for a long time, containing one widespread and highly variable species, S. maurus, which had many subspecies. It has since been recognised that within S. maurus sensu lato there were a number of taxa which should be regarded as valid species and new species have been described from sub-Saharan Africa:[2][3][4]

  • Scorpio birulai Fet, 1997
  • Scorpio fuliginosus (Pallary, 1928)
  • Scorpio hesperus Birula, 1910
  • Scorpio maurus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Scorpio mogadorensis Birula, 1910
  • Scorpio niger Lourenço & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012
  • Scorpio punicus Fet, 2000
  • Scorpio occidentalis Werner, 1936
  • Scorpio savanicola Lourenço, 2009
  • Scorpio sudanensis Lourenço & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2009
  • Scorpio weidholzi Werner, 1929

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Fet, Victor; Sissom, W. David; Lowe, Graeme; Braunwalder, Matt E. (2000). "Scorpionidae". Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). New York Entomological Society. https://mds.marshall.edu/bio_sciences_faculty/88/. 
  2. "A new species of Scorpio from Niger". The Scorpion Files. 3 October 2012. http://scorpion-files.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-new-species-of-scorpio-from-niger.html. 
  3. Wilson R. Lourenço; John L. Cloudsley-Thompson (2012). "About the enigmatic presence of the genus Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758 in Congo with the description of a new species from Niger (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae)". Serket 13 (1/2): 1–7. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49900464#page/2/mode/1up. 
  4. Wilson R. Lourenço (2009). "Reanalysis of the genus Scorpio Linnaeus 1758 in sub-Saharan Africa and description of one new species from Cameroon (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae)". Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 15 (181): 99–113. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Ent-Mitt-Zool-Mus-Hamburg_15_0099-0113.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q687744 entry