Scorpio fuscus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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

Familia: Scorpionidae
Subfamilia: Scorpioninae
Genus: Scorpio
Species: Scorpio fuscus

Name

Scorpio fuscus (Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829)

Synonymy

• Buthus (Heterometrus) fuscus Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829: 352 (original combination)
• Heterometrus palmatus fuscus (Ehrenberg): Simon, 1872: 258
• Heterometrus fuscus (Ehrenberg): Pocock, 1900: 363
• Scorpio maurus fuscus (Ehrenberg, 1829): Birula, 1910: 169
  • Scorpio fuscus — Talal et. al. 2015
• Scorpio palmatus minor Simon, 1872
• Scorpio maurus berytensis Simon, 1884

References

Additional references

• Abu Afifeh, B., Yağmur, E.A., Al-Saraireh, M. & Amr, Z.S. 2024. Revision of the genus Scorpio in Jordan, with a description of a new genus and three new species (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). Euscorpius 391: 1-66. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Talal, S., Tesler, I., Sivan, J., Ben-Shlomo, R, Tahir, H.M., Prendini, L., Snir, S. & Gefen, E. 2015. Scorpion speciation in the Holy Land: Multilocus phylogeography corroborates diagnostic differences in morphology and burrowing behavior among Scorpio subspecies and justifies recognition as phylogenetic, ecological and biological species. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 91: 226–237. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.028. [stat. nov.]