Euscorpius

{{Short description|Genus of scorpions}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Euscorpius italicus Cembra 01.jpg | image_caption = ''Euscorpius italicus'' in italy | taxon = Euscorpius | authority = Thorell, 1876<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Thorell|first1=T.|title=I.—On the classification of Scorpions|journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |series=4|volume=17|issue=97|year=1876|pages=1–15|issn=0374-5481|doi=10.1080/00222937608681889|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1430231}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = | subdivision = | synonyms = ''Acanthothraustes'' Mello-Leitão, 1945 ''Scorpius'' Poda, 1761 | synonyms_ref = <ref name = "t+f2005">Teruel & Fet (2005)</ref> }}

'''''Euscorpius''''' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called '''small wood-scorpions'''. It presently contains at least 90 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the Chactidae<ref name="rein2008b">Rein (2008a)</ref> – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.

The most common members belong to the ''E. carpathicus'' species complex, which makes up the subgenus ''Euscorpius''.<ref name = "t+f2005" /> This group is widespread from North Africa and Spain to temperate Eurasia from England and northern France through the Czech Republic to Russia.<ref name = rein2008b />

The species range in colour from yellow-brown to dark brown. Many are brown with yellow legs and stinger. The largest is ''E. italicus'' at 5 cm (2 in), and the smallest is ''E. germanus'' at 1.5 cm (0.6 in). The venom of ''Euscorpius'' species is generally very weak, with effects similar to a mosquito bite. Some smaller specimens may not even be able to puncture the human skin with their stings.

==Species== ''Euscorpius'' contains at least 90 species:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rein |first=Jan Ove |date=2022 |title=Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896 |url=https://www.ntnu.no/ub/scorpion-files/euscorpiidae.php |access-date=10 April 2022 |website=The Scorpion Files}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} :''Euscorpius aladaglarensis'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 (Turkey)

:''Euscorpius alanyaensis'' Tropea, Yagmur, Parmakelis & Kunt, 2016 (Turkey)

:''Euscorpius altadonnai'' Tropea, 2017 (Italy including Sicily)

:''Euscorpius amorgensis'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2017 (Amorgos Island, Greece)

:''Euscorpius aquilejensis'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Croatia, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Vatican City)

:''Euscorpius arikani'' Yagmur & Tropea, 2015 (Turkey)

:''Euscorpius avcii'' Tropea, Yagmur, Koc, Yesilyurt & Rossi, 2012 (Samos island, Greece and Turkey)

:''Euscorpius balearicus'' Caporiacco, 1950 (Mallorca, Spain)

:''Euscorpius biokovensis'' Tropea & Ozimec, 2020 (Bosnia & Hercegovina and Croatia)

:''Euscorpius birulai'' Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Evia island, Greece)

:''Euscorpius bonacinai'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Albania)

:''Euscorpius borovaglavaensis'' Tropea, 2015 (Bosnia & Hercegovina and Croatia)

:''Euscorpius calabriae'' Di Caporiacco, 1950 (Italy)

:''Euscorpius candiota'' Birula, 1903 (Crete, Greece)

:''Euscorpius canestrinii'' (Fanzago, 1872) (Sardinia, Italy)

:''Euscorpius carpathicus'' (Linnaeus, 1767) (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Greece including Corfu, Crete and Aegean Islands, France including Corsica, Italy including Sicily, Romania, Russia, Malta, Monaco, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Tunisia, Ukraine)

:''Euscorpius celanus'' Tropea, 2012 (Italy)

:''Euscorpius ciliciensis'' Birula, 1898 (Turkey)

:''Euscorpius concinnus'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Italy)

:''Euscorpius corcyraeus'' Tropea & Rossi, 2011 (Corfu, Greece)

:''Euscorpius curcici'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2017 (Ios and Sikinos Islands, Greece)

:''Euscorpius deltshevi'' Fet, Graham, Webber & Blagoev, 2014 (Bulgaria and Serbia)

:''Euscorpius diagorasi'' Kalaentzis & Frigioni, 2026 (Greece)

:''Euscorpius drenskii'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2015 (Bulgaria)

:''Euscorpius erymanthius'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013 (Greece)

:''Euscorpius eskisehirensis'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2015 (Turkey)

:''Euscorpius feti'' Tropea, 2013 (Croatia)

:''Euscorpius garganicus'' Caporiacco, 1950 (Croatia and Italy)

:''Euscorpius giachinoi'' Tropea & Fet, 2015 (Greece)

:''Euscorpius gocmeni'' Tropea, Yagmur & Yesilyurt, 2014 (Turkey)

:''Euscorpius gulhanimae'' Yagmur, 2024 (Turkey)

:''Euscorpius hadzii'' Caporiacco, 1950 (Albania, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro and North Macedonia)

:''Euscorpius hakani'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 (Turkey)

:''Euscorpius honazicus'' Tropea, Yagmur, Karampatsou, Parmakelis & Yesilyurt, 2016 (Turkey)

:''Euscorpius hyblaeus'' Tropea, 2016 (Sicily, Italy and Malta)

:''Euscorpius idaeus'' Yagmur & Tropea, 2017 (Lesvos Island, Greece)

:''Euscorpius italicus'' (Herbst, 1800) (Albania, Algeria, Balearic Islands (Spain), Bosnia & Hercegovina, Croatia, France including Corsica, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Italy including Sardinia and Sicily, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Slovenia, Turkey, Tunisia)

:''Euscorpius janstai'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (North Macedonia)

:''Euscorpius kabateki'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Greece)

:''Euscorpius kinzelbachi'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Greece)

:''Euscorpius koci'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2015 (Turkey)

:''Euscorpius koschewnikowi'' Birula, 1900 (Greece)

:''Euscorpius kritscheri'' Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013 (Tinos Island, Greece)

:''Euscorpius lagostae'' Caporiacco, 1950 (Lastovo Island, Croatia)

:''Euscorpius latinus'' Tropea & Parmakelis, 2022 (Italy)

:''Euscorpius lesbiacus'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi, Stathi & Zafeiriou, 2020 (Lesvos island, Greece)

:''Euscorpius lycius'' Yagmur, Tropea & Yesilyurt, 2013 (Turkey)

:''Euscorpius mingrelicus'' (Kessler, 1874) (Georgia and Turkey)

:''Euscorpius mylonasi'' Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Evia island, Greece)

:''Euscorpius naupliensis'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Greece including Zakynthos)

:''Euscorpius niciensis'' (C. L. Koch, 1841) (France and Italy)

:''Euscorpius oglasae'' Di Caporiacco, 1950 (Montecristo island, Italy)

:''Euscorpius olympus'' Blasco-Arostegui & Prendini, 2023 (Greece)

:''Euscorpius ossae'' Di Capriacco, 1950 (Greece)

:''Euscorpius parthenopeius'' Tropea, Parmakelis, Sziszkosz, Balanika & Bouderka, 2014 (Ischia island, Italy)

:''Euscorpius petaberoni'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis & Stathi, 2024 (Bulgaria)

:''Euscorpius phrygius'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2015 (Turkey)

:''Euscorpius popovi'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2015 (Greece)

:''Euscorpius sadileki'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Serbia)

:''Euscorpius salentinus'' Tropea, 2017 (Italy)

:''Euscorpius scaber'' Birula, 1900 (Greece including Thasos island)

:''Euscorpius scheraboni'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Greece)

:''Euscorpius sicanus'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Sicily, Italy)

:''Euscorpius simaiakisi'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis & Stathi, 2022 (Andros Island, Greece)

:''Euscorpius solegladi'' Fet, Graham, Webber & Blagoev, 2014 (Greece)

:''Euscorpius stahlavskyi'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Greece. However it may also be present in Albania)

:''Euscorpius stefaniae'' Tropea & Parmakelis, 2022 (Italy)

:''Euscorpius studentium'' Karaman, 2020 (Montenegro)

:''Euscorpius sulfur'' Kovařík, Audy, Sarbu & Fet, 2023 (Albania and Greece)

:''Euscorpius sultanensis'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 (Turkey)

:''Euscorpius tauricus'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Crimea (Ukraine), Cyclades Islands (Greece) and Turkey)

:''Euscorpius tergestinus'' (C.L. Koch, 1837) (Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, introduced to Austria and Czech Republic)

:''Euscorpius thracicus'' Kovarik, Lowe, Byronova & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Bulgaria)

:''Euscorpius trejaensis'' Tropea & Parmakelis, 2022 (Italy)

:''Euscorpius triantisi'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis & Stathi, 2022 (Skyros island, Greece)

:''Euscorpius trichasi'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis & Stathi, 2024 (Greece)

:''Euscorpius uludagensis'' Lacroix, 1995 (Turkey)

:''Euscorpius vailatii'' Tropea & Fet, 2015 (Greece)

:''Euscorpius vignai'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Karpathos and Kasos Islands, Greece)

:''Euscorpius yagmuri'' Kovarik, Fet & Soleglad, 2014 (Greece)<ref>https://www.biolib.cz/cz/formsearch/?action=execute&string=Roncus&searchrecords=1&searchsynonyms=1&searchtype=4</ref> {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Commons}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Euscorpiidae Category:Scorpion genera Category:Scorpions of Africa Category:Scorpions of Asia Category:Scorpions of Europe Category:Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell