The Scorpionfiles

Unfortunately, I do not have the time to take many scorpion pictures myself, but fortunately I regularly get sent pictures from scorpion enthusiasts…

Victor Fet and co-workers recently published an article on the very rare and enigmatic, psammophile scorpion Pectinibuthus birulai Fet, 1984…

Oscar Francke has published a new edition of Conspectus Genericus Scorpionorum, which is a list of all genus and subgenus names introduced for all…

Jairo A. Moreno-González and co-workers have recently published a revision of the Tityusfauna of Colombia (Buthidae). One new species is described…

The small soil living species in the genus MicrocharmusLourenço, 1995 and NeoprotobuthusLourenço, 2000 have been placed in the family Buthidae…

Riolando Teruel and Brandon Myers just published a new article with the description of a new species in the small genus CataliniaSoleglad, Ayrey,…

For more than a decade, Diplocentridae and the taxa within have been considered a subfamily (Diplocentrinae) within Scorpionidae. This, and other…

Richard Ayrey & Brandon Myers recently described a new species of Vaejovis C.L. Koch, 1836 (Vaejovidae) from the Galiuro Mountains, southern…

Frantisek Kovarik and co-workers have recently published a new article describing a new species of HetereometrusEhrenberg, 1828 (Scorpionidae) from…

Four species in the medical important genus TityusC. L. Koch, 1836 (Buthidae) can cause serious morbidity in humans in…