''Euscorpius'' is a genus of

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s, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65

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Euscorpiidae – long included in the

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Rein (2008a) – and the

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Euscorpiinae. The most common members belong to the '' E. carpathicus''

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Euscorpius ''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family (biology), family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily ...

''. This group is widespread from

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. The species range in colour from yellow-brown to dark brown. Many are brown with yellow legs and stinger. The largest is '' E. italicus'' at 5 cm (2 in), and the smallest is '' E. germanus'' at 1.5 cm (0.6 in). The venom of ''Euscorpius'' species is generally very weak, with effects similar to a mosquito bite. Some smaller specimens may not even be able to puncture the human skin with their stings.

Species

''Euscorpius'' contains the following sixty-five species: * '' Euscorpius aladaglarensis'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 * '' Euscorpius alanyaensis'' Tropea, Yagmur, Parmakelis & Kunt, 2016 * '' Euscorpius altadonnai'' Tropea, 2017 * '' Euscorpius amorgensis'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2017 * '' Euscorpius aquilejensis'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) * '' Euscorpius arikani'' Yagmur & Tropea, 2015 * '' Euscorpius avcii'' Tropea, Yagmur, Koc, Yesilyurt & Rossi 2012 * ''

Euscorpius balearicus ''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the Chactidae The Chactidae are a family of scorpions establi ...

'' Caporiacco, 1950 * ''

Euscorpius biokovensis ''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family (biology), family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily ...

'' Tropea & Ozimec, 2020 * '' Euscorpius birulai'' Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 * '' Euscorpius bonacinai'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 * '' Euscorpius borovaglavaensis'' Tropea, 2015 * '' Euscorpius calabriae'' Di Caporiacco, 1950 * '' Euscorpius candiota'' Birula, 1903 * '' Euscorpius canestrinii'' (Fanzago, 1872) * '' Euscorpius carpathicus'' (Linnaeus, 1767) * '' Euscorpius celanus'' Tropea, 2012 * '' Euscorpius ciliciensis'' Birula, 1898 * '' Euscorpius concinnus'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) * '' Euscorpius corcyraeus'' Tropea & Rossi, 2012 * '' Euscorpius curcici'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2017 * '' Euscorpius deltshevi'' Fet, Graham, Webber & Blagoev, 2014 * '' Euscorpius drenskii'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2015 * '' Euscorpius erymanthius'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013 * ''

Euscorpius eskisehirensis ''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae. ...

'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2015 * '' Euscorpius feti'' Tropea, 2013 * '' Euscorpius garganicus'' Caporiacco, 1950 * '' Euscorpius giachinoi'' Tropea & Fet, 2015 * '' Euscorpius gocmeni'' Tropea, Yagmur & Yesilyurt, 2014 * '' Euscorpius hadzii'' Caporiacco, 1950 * '' Euscorpius hakani'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 * '' Euscorpius honazicus'' Tropea, Yagmur, Karampatsou, Parmakelis & Yesilyurt, 2016 * '' Euscorpius hyblaeus'' Tropea, 2016 * '' Euscorpius idaeus'' Yagmur & Tropea, 2017 * ''

Euscorpius italicus ''Euscorpius italicus'' is a scorpion belonging to the genus of Euscorpius, small wood-scorpions. It is the largest species in the genus, with adults reaching lengths up to 50 mm. Its size can thus be used as a heuristic for Determination (b ...

'' (Herbst, 1800) * '' Euscorpius janstai'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 * '' Euscorpius kabateki'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 * '' Euscorpius kinzelbachi'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 * '' Euscorpius koci'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2015 * '' Euscorpius koschewnikowi'' Birula, 1900 * '' Euscorpius kritscheri'' Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013 * '' Euscorpius lagostae'' Caporiacco, 1950 * '' Euscorpius lesbiacus'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi, Stathi & Zafeiriou, 2020 * '' Euscorpius lycius'' Yagmur, Tropea & Yesilyurt, 2013 * '' Euscorpius mylonasi'' Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 * '' Euscorpius naupliensis'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) * '' Euscorpius oglasae'' Di Caporiacco, 1950 * '' Euscorpius ossae'' Di Capriacco, 1950 * '' Euscorpius parthenopeius'' Tropea, Parmakelis, Sziszkosz, Balanika & Bouderka, 2014 * '' Euscorpius popovi'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2015 * '' Euscorpius sadileki'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 * '' Euscorpius salentinus'' Tropea, 2017 * '' Euscorpius scaber'' Birula, 1900 * '' Euscorpius scheraboni'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 * '' Euscorpius sicanus'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) * '' Euscorpius solegladi'' Fet, Graham, Webber & Blagoev, 2014 * '' Euscorpius stahlavskyi'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 * '' Euscorpius studentium'' Karaman, 2020 * '' Euscorpius sultanensis'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 * '' Euscorpius tauricus'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) * '' Euscorpius tergestinus'' (C.L. Koch, 1837) * '' Euscorpius thracicus'' Kovarik, Lowe, Byronova & Stahlavsky, 2020 * '' Euscorpius vailatii'' Tropea & Fet, 2015 * '' Euscorpius vignai'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 * '' Euscorpius yagmuri'' Kovarik, Fet & Soleglad, 2014

References

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