The Scorpionfiles

Wilson Lourenco and co-workers recently described a new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 (Buthidae) from south-western Jordan. Buthus nabataeus…

Gerardo Contreras-Félix and Oscar Francke have recently published a new species of Vaejovis C.L. Koch, 1836 (Vaejovidae) from the State of…

Eric Ythier recently publish an article describing two new species in the genus Hadruroides Pocock, 1893 (Caraboctonidae) from Peru and…

Scorpions vary in size, both within and between species. This variation may have different causes. Some studies have shown that body size may have…

Andre Lira and Stênio Foerster have together with several other researchers published several articles on scorpion ecology in late 2020 and in…

Wilson Lourenco and a group of Jordanian co-workers have recently described a new species of Birulatus Vachon, 1974 (Buthidae) from…

Jessica S. Azzinnari and co-workers have described a new species of Vaejovis C.L. Koch, 1836 (Vaejovidae) from the Sierra Madre Occidental of…

Mapping the biodiversity of scorpions in different areas is very important for several reasons. One obvious reason is off course to learn the…

I guess many of you have seen reports in the media about the value of scorpion venom for research and that it is possible to earn millions of US$…

Andre Felipe de Araujo Lira and co-workers have recently published several articles on scorpion ecology. I will present these in the time to come…