Androctonus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Scorpiones Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia: Buthidae
Genus: Androctonus
Species: A. aeneas – A. afghanus – A. agrab – A. ajjer – A. aleksandrplotkini – A. amoreuxi – A. argoubi – A. australis – A. azerianus – A. baluchicus – A. barahoeii – A. barbouri – A. bartolozzii – A. bicolor – A. bourdoni – A. burkinensis – A. cacahuati – A. caspius – A. cholistanus – A. crassicauda – A. dekeyseri – A. donairei – A. eburneus – A. finitimus – A. gonneti – A. hoggarensis – A. ishtar – A. kunti – A. liouvillei – A. maelfaiti – A. maroccanus – A. mauritanicus – A. omanensis – A. orientalis – A. pallidus – A. robustus – A. rostami – A. santi – A. sergenti – A. simonettai – A. sistanus – A. stockmanni – A. sumericus – A. tenuissimus – A. tibesti – A. tigrai – A. tihamicus – A. togolensis – A. transcaucasicus – A. tropeai – A. turkiyensis – A. vaneki

See also Androctonus variegatus Guerin-Meneville, 1832 as "Androctonus" insertae sedis in Fet, 2000, being clearly misplaced in Androctonus. Else Androctonus barbouri was recombined in Androctonus but likely requires further revision, see Sousa, Arnedo & Harris 2017
[Note: For Androctonus ajax C.L. Koch, 1839 see Buthus ajax (C.L. Koch, 1839); Androctonus halius C.L. Koch, 1839 see Buthus halius (C.L. Koch, 1839); Androctonus agamemnon C.L. Koch, 1839 see Jaguajir agamemnon (C.L. Koch, 1839); Androctonus paris C.L. Koch, 1839 and Androctonus clytoneus C.L. Koch, 1839 see Buthus paris (C.L. Koch, 1839); Androctonus citrinus Ehrenberg, 1828 see Androctonus amoreuxi (Audouin, 1826); Androctonus turieli see Androctonus aeneas C. L. Koch, 1839].

Name

Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828

Type species: Scorpio australis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation in Thorell, 1876: 7.

Synonymy

Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828: Unnumbered text, Pl. II, figs. 1-2, 4-5, 8.
Androctonus (Prionurus) Ehrenberg, 1828 [?]

References

Primary references

Ehrenberg, C.G. 1828-1831. Animalia evertebrata exclusis insectis. Series Prima cum tabularum decase prima. In: Hemprich, P.C. & Ehrenberg, C.G. (Eds). Symbolae physicae. Pp. 1–71. Officina Academica, Berolini [Berlin]LINK BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Alqahtani, A.R., Yağmur, E.A. & Badry, A. 2023. Androctonus tihamicus sp. nov. from the Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Zookeys 1152ː 9–34. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1152.101100 Reference page.
Alqahtani, A.R. & Badry, A. 2021. A contribution to the scorpion fauna of Saudi Arabia, with an identification key (Arachnida: Scorpiones). King Saud University Journal: Science 33: 1–13. DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2021.101396 Reference page.
Al-Khazali, A.M. & Yağmur, E.A. 2023. Androctonus sumericus sp. nov., a new scorpion from Dhi Qar Province, Iraq (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Zoology in the Middle East 69(4): 410-419. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2284016 Reference page.
Barahoei, H., Mirshamsi, O., Sanchouli, N., Ghafouri Moghaddam, M., Lehmann-Graber, C. & Monod, L. 2022. Review of Androctonus baluchicus (Pocock, 1900) with description of new species from Iran (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Arthropoda Selecta 31(2): 197–212. PDF Reference page.
Barahoei, H., Mirshamsi, O., Amiri, M., Moeinadini, A. & Rakhshani, E. 2025. Integrative taxonomy reveals the existence of a new species of fat-tailed scorpions, Androctonus (Buthidae), in Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 49(2): 48–74. DOI: 10.55730/1300-0179.3213 ResearchGate Reference page.
Coelho, P., Sousa, P., Harris, D.J., & van der Meijden, A. 2014. Deep intraspecific divergences in the medically relevant fat-tailed scorpions (Androctonus, Scorpiones). Acta Tropica 134: 43–51. DOI: 10.1016/J.ACTATROPICA.2014.02.002 Reference page.
El-Hennawy, H.K. 1992. ["1990"] A catalogue of the scorpions described from the Arab countries (1758-1990) (Arachnida: Scorpionida). Serket 2(4): 95-153. BHL Reference page.
Fet, V.Y. & Lowe, G. 2000. Family Buthidae C.L Koch, 1837. Pp. 54–286 in Fet, V., Sissom, W.D., Lowe, G. & Braunwalder, M.E. (Editors). Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758–1998). The New York Entomological Society, New York. 690 pp. Reference page.
Kovařík, F. & Ahmed, Z. 2013. Review of Androctonus finitimus (Pocock, 1897) with description of two new species from Pakistan and India (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius (168): 1–10. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Kovařík, F., Lowe, G. & Šťáhlavský, F. 2025. Three new species of Androctonus from Morocco (Arachnida: Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, No. 420: 1-29. Full arcticle (PDF). Reference page.
Lourenço, W.R. 2005. Nouvelles considerations taxonomiques sur les espèces du genre Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 et description de deux nouvelles espèces (Scorpione, Buthidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 112(1): 145–171. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80291 Reference page.
Lourenço, W.R. Rossi A. & Sadine, S.E. 2015. New data on the genus Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones, Buthidae), with the description of a new species from Ethiopia. Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana 1(5): 11–29. Reference page.
Lowe, G. 2025. The genus Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Oman. Euscorpius, No. 424: 1-59. Full arcticle (PDF). Reference page.
Teruel, R. & Kovařík, F. 2014. Redescription of Androctonus bicolor Ehrenberg, 1828, and description of Androctonus turieli sp. n. from Tunisia (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius, (186) Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Yağmur, E.A. 2021. Androctonus turkiyensis sp. n. from the Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 341: 1-18. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Yağmur, E.A. 2023. Androctonus kunti sp. n. from Iğdır Province, Turkey (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 371: 1-23. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8005927 Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Yağmur, E.A., Kachel, H.S., Al-Khazali, A.M., Al-Jubouri, M.A.K. & Ali, F.R. 2025. Androctonus ishtar sp. n. from Dohuk and Nineveh provinces, Iraq (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Journal of Natural History 59(25–28): 1757–1773. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2496290 Reference page.
Yağmur, E.A., Kovařík, F., Fet, V.Y., Lowe, G., Moradi, M. & Kalami, F. 2025. Review of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 in Iran, with redescription of A. crassicauda (Olivier, 1807) and A. orientalis (Birula, 1900) stat. n., and descriptions of four new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 422: 1-69. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Ythier, E. & Lourenço, W.R. 2022. A new species of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Western Sahara (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket 18(3): 239–251. BHL ResearchGate PDF Reference page.

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