Euscorpius
Genus of scorpions
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Euscorpius is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains at least 90 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the Chactidae[3] – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
| Euscorpius | |
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| Euscorpius italicus in italy | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Euscorpiidae |
| Genus: | Euscorpius Thorell, 1876[1] |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Acanthothraustes Mello-Leitão, 1945 | |
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 at least 90 species:[4]
- Euscorpius aladaglarensis Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 (Turkey)
- Euscorpius alanyaensis Tropea, Yagmur, Parmakelis & Kunt, 2016 (Turkey)
- Euscorpius altadonnai Tropea, 2017 (Italy including Sicily)
- Euscorpius amorgensis Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2017 (Amorgos Island, Greece)
- Euscorpius aquilejensis (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Croatia, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Vatican City)
- Euscorpius arikani Yagmur & Tropea, 2015 (Turkey)
- Euscorpius avcii Tropea, Yagmur, Koc, Yesilyurt & Rossi, 2012 (Samos island, Greece and Turkey)
- Euscorpius balearicus Caporiacco, 1950 (Mallorca, Spain)
- Euscorpius biokovensis Tropea & Ozimec, 2020 (Bosnia & Hercegovina and Croatia)
- Euscorpius birulai Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Evia island, Greece)
- Euscorpius bonacinai Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Albania)
- Euscorpius borovaglavaensis Tropea, 2015 (Bosnia & Hercegovina and Croatia)
- Euscorpius calabriae Di Caporiacco, 1950 (Italy)
- Euscorpius candiota Birula, 1903 (Crete, Greece)
- Euscorpius canestrinii (Fanzago, 1872) (Sardinia, Italy)
- Euscorpius carpathicus (Linnaeus, 1767) (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Greece including Corfu, Crete and Aegean Islands, France including Corsica, Italy including Sicily, Romania, Russia, Malta, Monaco, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Tunisia, Ukraine)
- Euscorpius celanus Tropea, 2012 (Italy)
- Euscorpius ciliciensis Birula, 1898 (Turkey)
- Euscorpius concinnus (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Italy)
- Euscorpius corcyraeus Tropea & Rossi, 2011 (Corfu, Greece)
- Euscorpius curcici Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2017 (Ios and Sikinos Islands, Greece)
- Euscorpius deltshevi Fet, Graham, Webber & Blagoev, 2014 (Bulgaria and Serbia)
- Euscorpius drenskii Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2015 (Bulgaria)
- Euscorpius erymanthius Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013 (Greece)
- Euscorpius eskisehirensis Tropea & Yagmur, 2015 (Turkey)
- Euscorpius feti Tropea, 2013 (Croatia)
- Euscorpius garganicus Caporiacco, 1950 (Croatia and Italy)
- Euscorpius giachinoi Tropea & Fet, 2015 (Greece)
- Euscorpius gocmeni Tropea, Yagmur & Yesilyurt, 2014 (Turkey)
- Euscorpius gulhanimae Yagmur, 2024 (Turkey)
- Euscorpius hadzii Caporiacco, 1950 (Albania, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro and North Macedonia)
- Euscorpius hakani Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 (Turkey)
- Euscorpius honazicus Tropea, Yagmur, Karampatsou, Parmakelis & Yesilyurt, 2016 (Turkey)
- Euscorpius hyblaeus Tropea, 2016 (Sicily, Italy and Malta)
- Euscorpius idaeus Yagmur & Tropea, 2017 (Lesvos Island, Greece)
- Euscorpius italicus (Herbst, 1800) (Albania, Algeria, Balearic Islands (Spain), Bosnia & Hercegovina, Croatia, France including Corsica, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Italy including Sardinia and Sicily, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Slovenia, Turkey, Tunisia)
- Euscorpius janstai Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (North Macedonia)
- Euscorpius kabateki Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Greece)
- Euscorpius kinzelbachi Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Greece)
- Euscorpius koci Tropea & Yagmur, 2015 (Turkey)
- Euscorpius koschewnikowi Birula, 1900 (Greece)
- Euscorpius kritscheri Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013 (Tinos Island, Greece)
- Euscorpius lagostae Caporiacco, 1950 (Lastovo Island, Croatia)
- Euscorpius latinus Tropea & Parmakelis, 2022 (Italy)
- Euscorpius lesbiacus Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi, Stathi & Zafeiriou, 2020 (Lesvos island, Greece)
- Euscorpius lycius Yagmur, Tropea & Yesilyurt, 2013 (Turkey)
- Euscorpius mingrelicus (Kessler, 1874) (Georgia and Turkey)
- Euscorpius mylonasi Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Evia island, Greece)
- Euscorpius naupliensis (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Greece including Zakynthos)
- Euscorpius niciensis (C. L. Koch, 1841) (France and Italy)
- Euscorpius oglasae Di Caporiacco, 1950 (Montecristo island, Italy)
- Euscorpius olympus Blasco-Arostegui & Prendini, 2023 (Greece)
- Euscorpius ossae Di Capriacco, 1950 (Greece)
- Euscorpius parthenopeius Tropea, Parmakelis, Sziszkosz, Balanika & Bouderka, 2014 (Ischia island, Italy)
- Euscorpius petaberoni Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis & Stathi, 2024 (Bulgaria)
- Euscorpius phrygius Tropea & Yagmur, 2015 (Turkey)
- Euscorpius popovi Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2015 (Greece)
- Euscorpius sadileki Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Serbia)
- Euscorpius salentinus Tropea, 2017 (Italy)
- Euscorpius scaber Birula, 1900 (Greece including Thasos island)
- Euscorpius scheraboni Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Greece)
- Euscorpius sicanus (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Sicily, Italy)
- Euscorpius simaiakisi Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis & Stathi, 2022 (Andros Island, Greece)
- Euscorpius solegladi Fet, Graham, Webber & Blagoev, 2014 (Greece)
- Euscorpius stahlavskyi Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Greece. However it may also be present in Albania)
- Euscorpius stefaniae Tropea & Parmakelis, 2022 (Italy)
- Euscorpius studentium Karaman, 2020 (Montenegro)
- Euscorpius sulfur Kovařík, Audy, Sarbu & Fet, 2023 (Albania and Greece)
- Euscorpius sultanensis Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 (Turkey)
- Euscorpius tauricus (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Crimea (Ukraine), Cyclades Islands (Greece) and Turkey)
- Euscorpius tergestinus (C.L. Koch, 1837) (Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, introduced to Austria and Czech Republic)
- Euscorpius thracicus Kovarik, Lowe, Byronova & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Bulgaria)
- Euscorpius trejaensis Tropea & Parmakelis, 2022 (Italy)
- Euscorpius triantisi Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis & Stathi, 2022 (Skyros island, Greece)
- Euscorpius trichasi Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis & Stathi, 2024 (Greece)
- Euscorpius uludagensis Lacroix, 1995 (Turkey)
- Euscorpius vailatii Tropea & Fet, 2015 (Greece)
- Euscorpius vignai Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Karpathos and Kasos Islands, Greece)
- Euscorpius yagmuri Kovarik, Fet & Soleglad, 2014 (Greece)[5]
