''Afrolychas'' is a genus of scorpion in the family
Buthidae
The Buthidae are the largest family of scorpions, containing about 100 genera and 1339 species as of 2022. A few very large genera ('' Ananteris'', '' Centruroides'', '' Compsobuthus'', or '' Tityus'') are known, but a high number of species-poor ...
. There are two species in this genus, both of which used to belong to the genus ''
Lychas
''Lychas'' is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
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''.
The genus was described in 2019 by František Kovařík.
The genus name ''Afrolychas'' is a reference to the African range of its species and the fact that the two species used to be members of the genus ''Lychas''.
''Afrolychass closest relatives are believed to be the scorpions in the genus ''
Pseudolychas''.
''
Afrolychas braueri'' is one of the rarest scorpions in the world, as it is listed as
critically endangered
An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2023, of t ...
on the
IUCN Red List
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.
Species
* ''
Afrolychas braueri''
Kraepelin Kraepelin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Emil Kraepelin
Emil Wilhelm Georg Magnus Kraepelin (; ; 15 February 1856 – 7 October 1926) was a German psychiatrist. H. J. Eysenck's Encyclopedia of Psychology identifies him ...
, 1896
* ''
Afrolychas burdoi''
Simon
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* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, 1882
References
Buthidae
Scorpion genera
Scorpions of Africa
Arthropods of Africa
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