''Lychas'' is a genus of
scorpion
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the Order (biology), order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by a pair of Chela (organ), grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward cur ...
s belonging to 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 ...
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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.
Description
Total length is 21.8 to 90 mm. Sternum type 1 is subpentagonal or subtriangular. Pedipalps are orthobothriotaxic. Cheliceral fixed finger with a single ventral denticle. Third and fourth legs consists with tibial spurs. Pectines have conspicuous or inconspicuous fulcra, but rarely can be without fulcra.
There are about 8 to 26 pectinal teeth. Movable fingers of pedipalps consist with six rows of granules. Total number of terminal granules is 6 or 7. Carapace with horizontal entire dorsal surface laterally. Telson with a distinct subaculear tooth.
Species
There are about 42 species.
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Lychas aberlenci''
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Lychas americanus''
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Lychas annulatus''
Glauert, 1925
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Lychas armasi''
Kovarík, 2013
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Lychas armillatus''
(Gervais, 1841)
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Lychas asper''
(Pocock, 1891)
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Lychas biharensis''
Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
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Lychas brehieri''
Lourenço, 2017
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Lychas buchardi''
Kovarík, 1997
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Lychas buchari''
Kovařík, 1997
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Lychas cernickai''
Kovarík, 2013
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Lychas ceylonensis''
Lourenço & Huber, 1999
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Lychas flavimanus''
(Thorell, 1888)
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Lychas gravelyi''
Henderson, 1913
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Lychas hendersoni''
(Pocock, 1897)
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Lychas hillyardi''
Kovarík, 1997
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Lychas inexpectatus''
Lourenço, 2011
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Lychas jonesae''
Glauert, 1925
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Lychas kamshetensis''
Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
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Lychas kharpadi''
Bastawade, 1986
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Lychas krali''
Kovarík, 1995
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Lychas lappa''
Glauert, 1954
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Lychas lourencoi''
Kovarík, 1997
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Lychas mabillanus''
Rochebrune, 1884
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Lychas marmoreus''
(C.L.Koch, 1844)
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Lychas melanodactylus''
Koch, 1867
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Lychas mjobergi
''Lychas mjobergi'' is a species of scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1916 by German naturalist Karl Kraepelin following the collection of specimen material from the Kimberley region of Weste ...
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Kraepelin, 1916
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Lychas mucronatus''
(Fabricius, 1798)
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Lychas nigristernis''
(Pocock, 1899)
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Lychas obsti''
Kraepelin, 1913
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Lychas paraensis''
Koch, 1845
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Lychas perfidus''
(Keyserling, 1885)
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Lychas rackae''
Kovarík, 1997
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Lychas rugosus''
(Pocock, 1897)
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Lychas santoensis''
Lourenço, 2009
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Lychas scaber''
(Pocock, 1893)
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Lychas scutilus''
C.L.Koch, 1845
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Lychas serratus''
(Pocock, 1891)
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Lychas shelfordi''
(Borelli, 1904)
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Lychas spinatus''
Kraepelin, 1916
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Lychas srilankensis
''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.
De ...
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Lorenco, 1997
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Lychas truncatus''
Glauert, 1925
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Lychas variatus''
(Thorell, 1876)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q150985
Scorpion genera