Lychas
Genus of scorpions
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Lychas is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae.[1] It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.[1]
| Lychas | |
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| Lychas marmoreus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Lychas Koch, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Lychas scutilus C. L. Koch, 1845 | |
| Diversity | |
| 42 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Description
Total length is 21.8 to 90 mm.[2]
Species
There are about 42 species.[1]
- Lychas aberlenci Lourenço, 2013
- Lychas americanus Koch, 1845
- Lychas annulatus Glauert, 1925
- Lychas armasi Kovarík, 2013
- Lychas armillatus (Gervais, 1841)
- Lychas asper (Pocock, 1891)
- Lychas biharensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
- Lychas brehieri Lourenço, 2017
- Lychas buchardi Kovarík, 1997
- Lychas buchari Kovařík, 1997
- Lychas cernickai Kovarík, 2013
- Lychas ceylonensis Lourenço & Huber, 1999
- Lychas flavimanus (Thorell, 1888)
- Lychas gravelyi Henderson, 1913
- Lychas hendersoni (Pocock, 1897)
- Lychas hillyardi Kovarík, 1997
- Lychas inexpectatus Lourenço, 2011
- Lychas jonesae Glauert, 1925
- Lychas kamshetensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
- Lychas kharpadi Bastawade, 1986
- Lychas krali Kovarík, 1995
- Lychas lappa Glauert, 1954
- Lychas lourencoi Kovarík, 1997
- Lychas mabillanus Rochebrune, 1884
- Lychas marmoreus (C.L.Koch, 1844)
- Lychas melanodactylus Koch, 1867
- Lychas mjobergi Kraepelin, 1916
- Lychas mucronatus (Fabricius, 1798)
- Lychas nigristernis (Pocock, 1899)
- Lychas obsti Kraepelin, 1913
- Lychas paraensis Koch, 1845
- Lychas perfidus (Keyserling, 1885)
- Lychas rackae Kovarík, 1997
- Lychas rugosus (Pocock, 1897)
- Lychas santoensis Lourenço, 2009
- Lychas scaber (Pocock, 1893)
- Lychas scutilus C.L.Koch, 1845
- Lychas serratus (Pocock, 1891)
- Lychas shelfordi (Borelli, 1904)
- Lychas spinatus Kraepelin, 1916
- Lychas srilankensis Lorenco, 1997
- Lychas truncatus Glauert, 1925
- Lychas variatus (Thorell, 1876)