Charmus laneus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Buthoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 Infraordo: Orthosternina Parvordo: Buthida Superfamilia: Buthoidea

Familia: Buthidae
Genus: Charmus
Species: Charmus laneus

Charmus laneus Karsch, 1879

Type locality: Ceylon (=Sri Lanka).

Holotype: ZMHB. female ♀. No. 3051.

Charmus indicus Hirst, 1915 (synonymized by Joshi et al., 2025: 7)
- Type locality: Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
  - Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. legit T. Bainbrigge Fletcher. Regd. No. 1915.10.16.1.
Charmus minor Lourenço, 2002: 19 (synonymized by Kovařík et al., 2016: 20)
- Type locality: Sri Lanka, Mannar District, Wilpattu National Park, 0.5 miles NE Cockmuttai.
  - Holotype: ZMUH. male ♂. 06-07.X.1977. legit K.V. Krombein, P.B. Karunaratne, T. Wijesinhe, M. Jayaweera. ZMH Acc. No A 12/02.

Karsch, F. 1879c. Scorpionologische Beiträge. Part II. Mitteilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins 3: 97–136. Reference page.

Joshi, M., Deshpande, S., Ukale, S., Bilat, J., Kovařík, F., Mottaz, H., Šťáhlavský, F., Bastawade, D., Monod, L. & Sulakhe, S. 2025a. Systematic Revision of the Genus Charmus Karsch, 1879 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), and Assessment of Its Phylogenetic Position Within Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837 Using Ultraconserved Elements. Diversity 17: 354. Reference page.
Kovařík, F., Lowe, G., Ranawana, K.B., Hoferek, D., Sanjeewa Jayarathne, V.A., Plíšková, J. & Šťáhlavský, F. 2016b. Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Arachnida, Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972 stat. n.. Euscorpius 220: 1–133. Full article (PDF). Reference page.