The Scorpionfiles

Differences in morphology, physiology and behavior is quite common in humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. Scorpions are no exception and…

Eric Ythier and Johan Chevalier published late this Fall an article describing the males of Auyantepuia aluku Ythier, 2018, A. kelleri (Lourenço,…

Roberto Miranda and co-workers have recently published a new species of Tityus C. L. Koch, 1836 (Buthidae) from Panama and Costa Rica. Tityus…

The species in the enigmatic genus Troglotayosicus Lourenco, 1981 (Troglotayosicidae) are are either cavernicolous (cave dwelling …

Some scorpions in the genus Urophonius Pocock, 1893 (Bothriuridae) are special in that they are one of few scorpions having a winter activity…

Iran is the hotspot for the genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908 (Buthidae) in the world with at least nine registered species. Abolfazl Akbari and…

Cyprus has two endemic species (in addition to Euscorpius italicus (Herbst, 1800) which probably is introduced): A. cyprius (Gantenbein & Kropf,…

Abdulaziz Alqahtani and Ahmed Badry published this Fall an article on the genetic diversity among different species of the genus Leiurus Ehrenberg,…

Wilson Lourenco has recently described a new species of Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Buthidae) from Mali. Leiurus saharicus Lourenco, 2020 Abstract:A…

During a fantastic holiday in 2004 on the beatiful island Lesvos (Greece), I collected a few Euscorpius on three different locations. They were…