The Scorpionfiles

It is a well known fact that the scorpion trichobothria on their pedipalps are very important in how the scorpions sense their environment. They use…

Sexual differences in morphology and other traits occur in many scorpion species, while the male and female are quite similar in others. In…

The hemispermatophore and mating plug have become important structures in scorpion taxonomy. Brandon Myers and Richard Ayrey have now published a…

Frantisek Kovarik and co-workers have recently publish a paper on species in the genus Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 (Buthidae) from Arabia and North…

Roberto Miranda and Luis de Armas have recently published a new species of Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Buthidae) from Panama.Ananteris canalera Miranda…

Scorpions have been around for a long time and researchers think they were among the first animals to become terrestrial. There is a debate going on…

Scorpions have developed multiple strategies for the defense against predators ranging from playing dead, running away to fighting back with the use…

Scorpions have been collected for several centuries and fortunately many collectors have deposited the specimens into museum collections. The…

Rolando Teruel and co-workers have recently published a redescription of the little known scorpion Tityus estherae Santiago-Blay, 2009 (Buthidae)…

Thi-Hang Tran and co-workers have recently published a redescription of Euscorpius sejnai (Kovařík, 2000) (Euscorpiidae) from…