Heterometrus

Asian forest scorpion (Heterometrus laoticus)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Scorpionidae
Subfamily: Heterometrinae
Genus: Heterometrus
Species: H. atrascorpius – H. bastawadei – H. bellicosus – H. boehmei – H. cimrmani – H. cyaneus – H. fastigiosus – H. fulvipes – H. glaucus – H. granulomanus – H. indus – H. keralaensis – H. laevifrons – H. laevigatus – H. laoticus – H. liangi – H. longimanus – H. malapuramensis – H. minotaurus – H. mysorensis – H. nepalensis – H. petersii – H. phipsoni – H. roeseli – H. rolciki – H. sejnai – H. serratus – H. silenus – H. spinifer – H. telanganaensis – H. thorellii – H. tibetanus – H. townsendi

Name

Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828

Type species: Buthus (Heterometrus) spinifer Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, 1828, by subsequent designation (Karsch, 1879: 20).

References

Primary references

Additional references

Kovařík, F. 2004a. A review of the genus Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828, with descriptions of seven new species (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae). Euscorpius No. 15: 1-60. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Prendini, L. & Loria, S.F. 2020. Systematic Revision of the Asian Forest Scorpions (Heterometrinae Simon, 1879), Revised Suprageneric Classification of Scorpionidae Latreille, 1802, and Revalidation of Rugodentidae Bastawade et al., 2005. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 442(1): 1–480. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.442.1.1 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Asian forest scorpion, Giant forest scorpion
ไทย: แมงป่องช้าง

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