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Arrowbreasted Scorpions
Buthidae
The Buthidae are the largest family of scorpions, containing about 80 genera and over 800 species as of mid-2008. Its members are known as, for example, fat-tailed scorpions and bark scorpions. A few very large genera (like Ananteris, Centruroides, Compsobuthus or Tityus) are known, but a high number of species-poor or monotypic ones also exist. New taxa are being described at a rate of several to several dozen new species per year. They occur in the...
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
Bark Scorpions
genusCentruroides
Thick-tailed scorpions
genusTityus
Buthus
genusButhus
Tree Scorpions
genusUroplectes
Stridulating Thicktail Scorpions and Allies
genusParabuthus
Forest Thicktail Scorpions
genusLychas
Nomad Scorpions
genusHottentotta
Fattail Scorpions
genusAndroctonus
Aegaeobuthus
genusAegaeobuthus
Mesobuthus
genusMesobuthus
Isometrus
genusIsometrus
Deathstalkers
genusLeiurus
Compsobuthus
genusCompsobuthus
Olivierus
genusOlivierus
Jaguajir
genusJaguajir
Pillar Tailed Scorpions
genusOrthochirus
Ananteris
genusAnanteris
Pygmy-Thicktail Scorpions
genusPseudolychas
Janalychas
genusJanalychas
Reddyanus
genusReddyanus
Buthacus
genusButhacus
Babycurus
genusBabycurus
Afrolychas
genusAfrolychas
Grosphus
genusGrosphus
Shield Tailed Scorpions
genusApistobuthus
Teruelius
genusTeruelius
Heteroctenus
genusHeteroctenus
Spider-hunting Scorpions
genusIsometroides
Tooth-tailed Scorpions
genusOdontobuthus
Rhopalurus
genusRhopalurus
Buthoscorpio
genusButhoscorpio
Karasberg Scorpions
genusKarasbergia
Zabius
genusZabius
Charmus
genusCharmus
Vachoniolus
genusVachoniolus
Physoctonus
genusPhysoctonus
Birulatus
genusBirulatus
Tityobuthus
genusTityobuthus
Razianus
genusRazianus
Odonturus
genusOdonturus
Kraepelinia
genusKraepelinia
Microtityus
genusMicrotityus
Neobuthus
genusNeobuthus
Microbuthus
genusMicrobuthus
Butheoloides
genusButheoloides
Spelaeolychas
genusSpelaeolychas
Sassanidotus
genusSassanidotus
Neogrosphus
genusNeogrosphus
Australobuthus
genusAustralobuthus
Troglorhopalurus
genusTroglorhopalurus
Thaicharmus
genusThaicharmus
Trypanothacus
genusTrypanothacus
Anomalobuthus
genusAnomalobuthus
Chaneke
genusChaneke
Wolf Scorpion
genusLangxie
Cicileus
genusCicileus
Butheolus
genusButheolus
Barbaracurus
genusBarbaracurus
Ischnotelson
genusIschnotelson
Iranobuthus
genusIranobuthus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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