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Scorpiops

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Scorpiops
Scorpiops luridus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Scorpiopidae
Tribe: Scorpiopini
Genus: Scorpiops
Peters, 1861
Diversity
99 species

Scorpiops is a genus of scorpions in the family Scorpiopidae. It is distributed throughout much of Asia.[1] The taxonomy of the group is unclear because new species and subgenera are described often, and one subgroup may represent a species complex.[2]

Species

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Scorpiops contains the following ninety-nine species:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Kovařík, František; Lowe, Graeme; Stockmann, Mark; Šťáhlavský, František (2020). "Revision of genus-group taxa in the family Scorpiopidae Kraepelin, 1905, with description of 15 new species (Arachnida: Scorpiones)". Euscorpius. 2020 (325): 1–140.
  2. ^ Di, Z., et al. 2011. The first record of the family Euscorpiidae (Arachnida: Scorpiones) from Central China, with a key of Chinese species of the genus Scorpiops. Euscorpius 118.
  3. ^ Rein, Jan Ove (2022). "Scorpiopidae Kraepelin, 1905". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 12 April 2022.