Rhopalurus
Genus of scorpions
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Rhopalurus is a genus of scorpions belonging to the Buthidae family. This genus was described in 1876 by Tord Thorell.[1]
| Rhopalurus | |
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| Rhopalurus laticauda | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Rhopalurus |
Distribution
Rhopalurus is primarily distibuted in the Cerrados and Caatingas formations of central and northeastern Brazil. One species is also known from a savannah formation inside oriental Amazonia.[2] Three species are known from the savannahs of the Guayana Region, Venezuela. One species is also found in the Llanos de Orinoco, Venezuela, and one in the Llanos Orientales, Colombia[3][4]
Species
The following species are assigned to this genus:[5]
- Rhopalurus acromelas Lutz & Mello, 1922
- Rhopalurus amazonicus Lourenço, 1986
- Rhopalurus bonetti Armas, 1999
- Rhopalurus borellii Pocock, 1902
- Rhopalurus brejo Lourenço, 2014
- Rhopalurus caribensis Teruel & Roncallo, 2008
- Rhopalurus crassicauda Di Caporiacco, 1947
- Rhopalurus danieli Prado & Rios-Patino, 1940
- Rhopalurus dorsomaculatus Prado, 1938
- Rhopalurus goiasensis Prado, 1940
- Rhopalurus iglesiasi Werner, 1927
- Rhopalurus lambdophorus Mello-Leitão, 1932
- Rhopalurus laticauda Thorell, 1876
- Rhopalurus melleipalpus Lutz & Mello, 1922
- Rhopalurus ochoai Esposito, Yamaguti, Souza, Pinto da Rocha & Prendini, 2017
- Rhopalurus piceus Lourenço & Pinto-da-Rocha, 1997
- Rhopalurus renelauerae Lourenço, 2016
- Rhopalurus rochai Borelli, 1910
- Rhopalurus virkkii Santiago-Blay, 2009
Former species
- Rhopalurus junceus - moved to Heteroctenus junceus
