The Scorpionfiles

Shahrokh Navidpour and co-workers have published a new paper on the scorpion fauna of Iran and a new species of OrthochirusKarsch, 1891 (Buthidae)…

Thanks to Frantisek Kovarik and his team we have in the last years seen a much needed update of the scorpion fauna of East Africa. In a new…

Frantisek Kovarik has recently published a new species of ChaerilusSimon, 1877 (Chaerilidae) from Malaysia. Chaerilus albertiKovarik,…

Mexico is a hotspot for the medical important genus CentruroidesMarx, 1890 (Buthidae) with appr. 45 species registered and now Javier…

Burrowing scorpions are usually good at finding their way home to their burrows. But how to they manage this? Gaffin and Brayford published a study…

Rolando Teruel has recently published an article describing a new species of MicrotityusKjellesvig-Waering, 1966 (Buthidae) from semidesert…

Scorpions use their venom for prey capture and defense. Several studies have shown that scorpions have different strategies for optimizing the…

Frantisek Kovarik and Graeme Low recently published a new species of Gint from Somaliland. Gint banfasaeKovarik & Lowe, 2019 The article has an…

In 1996, Wilson Lourenco described the species Cercophonius himalayensisLourenco, 1996 (Bothriuridae) from the Himalayas of India. This was the…

Andres Ojanguren-Affilastro and co-workers have published a new paper on the BrachistosternusPocock, 1893 (Bothriuridae) fauna in deserts in Chile…