Scorpio (genus)

Scorpio
Scorpio maurus palmatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

References

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  1. ^ a b Fet, Victor; Sissom, W. David; Lowe, Graeme; and Braunwalder, Matt E. (2000). "Scorpionidae". Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). New York Entomological Society.
  2. ^ "A new species of Scorpio from Niger". The Scorpion Files. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  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.
  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)" (PDF). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg. 15 (181): 99–113.