# Euscorpius > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Euscorpius > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Euscorpius.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euscorpius > Source revision: 1354943334 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Genus of scorpions}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Euscorpius italicus Cembra 01.jpg | image_caption = ''[Euscorpius italicus](/source/Euscorpius_italicus)'' in italy | taxon = Euscorpius | authority = [Thorell](/source/Tamerlan_Thorell), 1876{{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}} | subdivision_ranks = | subdivision = | synonyms = ''Acanthothraustes'' Mello-Leitão, 1945
''Scorpius'' Poda, 1761 | synonyms_ref = Teruel & Fet (2005) }} '''''Euscorpius''''' is a genus of [scorpion](/source/scorpion)s, commonly called '''small wood-scorpions'''. It presently contains at least 90 [species](/source/species) and is the [type genus](/source/type_genus) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Euscorpiidae](/source/Euscorpiidae) – long included in the [Chactidae](/source/Chactidae)Rein (2008a) – and the [subfamily](/source/subfamily) [Euscorpiinae](/source/Euscorpiinae). The most common members belong to the ''[E. carpathicus](/source/Euscorpius_carpathicus)'' [species complex](/source/species_complex), which makes up the [subgenus](/source/subgenus) ''[Euscorpius](/source/Euscorpius_(subgenus))''. This group is widespread from [North Africa](/source/North_Africa) and [Spain](/source/Spain) to [temperate](/source/temperate) [Eurasia](/source/Eurasia) from [England](/source/England) and northern [France](/source/France) through the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic) to [Russia](/source/Russia). The species range in colour from yellow-brown to dark brown. Many are brown with yellow legs and stinger. The largest is ''[E. italicus](/source/Euscorpius_italicus)'' at 5 cm (2 in), and the smallest is ''[E. germanus](/source/Euscorpius_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:{{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}} {{div col|colwidth=30em}} :''[Euscorpius aladaglarensis](/source/Euscorpius_aladaglarensis)'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 (Turkey) :''[Euscorpius alanyaensis](/source/Euscorpius_alanyaensis)'' Tropea, Yagmur, Parmakelis & Kunt, 2016 (Turkey) :''[Euscorpius altadonnai](/source/Euscorpius_altadonnai)'' Tropea, 2017 (Italy including Sicily) :''[Euscorpius amorgensis](/source/Euscorpius_amorgensis)'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2017 (Amorgos Island, Greece) :''[Euscorpius aquilejensis](/source/Euscorpius_aquilejensis)'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Croatia, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Vatican City) :''[Euscorpius arikani](/source/Euscorpius_arikani)'' Yagmur & Tropea, 2015 (Turkey) :''[Euscorpius avcii](/source/Euscorpius_avcii)'' Tropea, Yagmur, Koc, Yesilyurt & Rossi, 2012 (Samos island, Greece and Turkey) :''[Euscorpius balearicus](/source/Euscorpius_balearicus)'' Caporiacco, 1950 (Mallorca, Spain) :''[Euscorpius biokovensis](/source/Euscorpius_biokovensis)'' Tropea & Ozimec, 2020 (Bosnia & Hercegovina and Croatia) :''[Euscorpius birulai](/source/Euscorpius_birulai)'' Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Evia island, Greece) :''[Euscorpius bonacinai](/source/Euscorpius_bonacinai)'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Albania) :''[Euscorpius borovaglavaensis](/source/Euscorpius_borovaglavaensis)'' Tropea, 2015 (Bosnia & Hercegovina and Croatia) :''[Euscorpius calabriae](/source/Euscorpius_calabriae)'' Di Caporiacco, 1950 (Italy) :''[Euscorpius candiota](/source/Euscorpius_candiota)'' Birula, 1903 (Crete, Greece) :''[Euscorpius canestrinii](/source/Euscorpius_canestrinii)'' (Fanzago, 1872) (Sardinia, Italy) :''[Euscorpius carpathicus](/source/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](/source/Euscorpius_celanus)'' Tropea, 2012 (Italy) :''[Euscorpius ciliciensis](/source/Euscorpius_ciliciensis)'' Birula, 1898 (Turkey) :''[Euscorpius concinnus](/source/Euscorpius_concinnus)'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Italy) :''[Euscorpius corcyraeus](/source/Euscorpius_corcyraeus)'' Tropea & Rossi, 2011 (Corfu, Greece) :''[Euscorpius curcici](/source/Euscorpius_curcici)'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2017 (Ios and Sikinos Islands, Greece) :''[Euscorpius deltshevi](/source/Euscorpius_deltshevi)'' Fet, Graham, Webber & Blagoev, 2014 (Bulgaria and Serbia) :''[Euscorpius diagorasi](/source/Euscorpius_diagorasi)'' Kalaentzis & Frigioni, 2026 (Greece) :''[Euscorpius drenskii](/source/Euscorpius_drenskii)'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2015 (Bulgaria) :''[Euscorpius erymanthius](/source/Euscorpius_erymanthius)'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013 (Greece) :''[Euscorpius eskisehirensis](/source/Euscorpius_eskisehirensis)'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2015 (Turkey) :''[Euscorpius feti](/source/Euscorpius_feti)'' Tropea, 2013 (Croatia) :''[Euscorpius garganicus](/source/Euscorpius_garganicus)'' Caporiacco, 1950 (Croatia and Italy) :''[Euscorpius giachinoi](/source/Euscorpius_giachinoi)'' Tropea & Fet, 2015 (Greece) :''[Euscorpius gocmeni](/source/Euscorpius_gocmeni)'' Tropea, Yagmur & Yesilyurt, 2014 (Turkey) :''[Euscorpius gulhanimae](/source/Euscorpius_gulhanimae)'' Yagmur, 2024 (Turkey) :''[Euscorpius hadzii](/source/Euscorpius_hadzii)'' Caporiacco, 1950 (Albania, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro and North Macedonia) :''[Euscorpius hakani](/source/Euscorpius_hakani)'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 (Turkey) :''[Euscorpius honazicus](/source/Euscorpius_honazicus)'' Tropea, Yagmur, Karampatsou, Parmakelis & Yesilyurt, 2016 (Turkey) :''[Euscorpius hyblaeus](/source/Euscorpius_hyblaeus)'' Tropea, 2016 (Sicily, Italy and Malta) :''[Euscorpius idaeus](/source/Euscorpius_idaeus)'' Yagmur & Tropea, 2017 (Lesvos Island, Greece) :''[Euscorpius italicus](/source/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](/source/Euscorpius_janstai)'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (North Macedonia) :''[Euscorpius kabateki](/source/Euscorpius_kabateki)'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Greece) :''[Euscorpius kinzelbachi](/source/Euscorpius_kinzelbachi)'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Greece) :''[Euscorpius koci](/source/Euscorpius_koci)'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2015 (Turkey) :''[Euscorpius koschewnikowi](/source/Euscorpius_koschewnikowi)'' Birula, 1900 (Greece) :''[Euscorpius kritscheri](/source/Euscorpius_kritscheri)'' Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013 (Tinos Island, Greece) :''[Euscorpius lagostae](/source/Euscorpius_lagostae)'' Caporiacco, 1950 (Lastovo Island, Croatia) :''[Euscorpius latinus](/source/Euscorpius_latinus)'' Tropea & Parmakelis, 2022 (Italy) :''[Euscorpius lesbiacus](/source/Euscorpius_lesbiacus)'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi, Stathi & Zafeiriou, 2020 (Lesvos island, Greece) :''[Euscorpius lycius](/source/Euscorpius_lycius)'' Yagmur, Tropea & Yesilyurt, 2013 (Turkey) :''[Euscorpius mingrelicus](/source/Euscorpius_mingrelicus)'' (Kessler, 1874) (Georgia and Turkey) :''[Euscorpius mylonasi](/source/Euscorpius_mylonasi)'' Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Evia island, Greece) :''[Euscorpius naupliensis](/source/Euscorpius_naupliensis)'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Greece including Zakynthos) :''[Euscorpius niciensis](/source/Euscorpius_niciensis)'' (C. L. Koch, 1841) (France and Italy) :''[Euscorpius oglasae](/source/Euscorpius_oglasae)'' Di Caporiacco, 1950 (Montecristo island, Italy) :''[Euscorpius olympus](/source/Euscorpius_olympus)'' Blasco-Arostegui & Prendini, 2023 (Greece) :''[Euscorpius ossae](/source/Euscorpius_ossae)'' Di Capriacco, 1950 (Greece) :''[Euscorpius parthenopeius](/source/Euscorpius_parthenopeius)'' Tropea, Parmakelis, Sziszkosz, Balanika & Bouderka, 2014 (Ischia island, Italy) :''[Euscorpius petaberoni](/source/Euscorpius_petaberoni)'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis & Stathi, 2024 (Bulgaria) :''[Euscorpius phrygius](/source/Euscorpius_phrygius)'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2015 (Turkey) :''[Euscorpius popovi](/source/Euscorpius_popovi)'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2015 (Greece) :''[Euscorpius sadileki](/source/Euscorpius_sadileki)'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Serbia) :''[Euscorpius salentinus](/source/Euscorpius_salentinus)'' Tropea, 2017 (Italy) :''[Euscorpius scaber](/source/Euscorpius_scaber)'' Birula, 1900 (Greece including Thasos island) :''[Euscorpius scheraboni](/source/Euscorpius_scheraboni)'' Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Greece) :''[Euscorpius sicanus](/source/Euscorpius_sicanus)'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Sicily, Italy) :''[Euscorpius simaiakisi](/source/Euscorpius_simaiakisi)'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis & Stathi, 2022 (Andros Island, Greece) :''[Euscorpius solegladi](/source/Euscorpius_solegladi)'' Fet, Graham, Webber & Blagoev, 2014 (Greece) :''[Euscorpius stahlavskyi](/source/Euscorpius_stahlavskyi)'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Greece. However it may also be present in Albania) :''[Euscorpius stefaniae](/source/Euscorpius_stefaniae)'' Tropea & Parmakelis, 2022 (Italy) :''[Euscorpius studentium](/source/Euscorpius_studentium)'' Karaman, 2020 (Montenegro) :''[Euscorpius sulfur](/source/Euscorpius_sulfur)'' Kovařík, Audy, Sarbu & Fet, 2023 (Albania and Greece) :''[Euscorpius sultanensis](/source/Euscorpius_sultanensis)'' Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 (Turkey) :''[Euscorpius tauricus](/source/Euscorpius_tauricus)'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Crimea (Ukraine), Cyclades Islands (Greece) and Turkey) :''[Euscorpius tergestinus](/source/Euscorpius_tergestinus)'' (C.L. Koch, 1837) (Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, introduced to Austria and Czech Republic) :''[Euscorpius thracicus](/source/Euscorpius_thracicus)'' Kovarik, Lowe, Byronova & Stahlavsky, 2020 (Bulgaria) :''[Euscorpius trejaensis](/source/Euscorpius_trejaensis)'' Tropea & Parmakelis, 2022 (Italy) :''[Euscorpius triantisi](/source/Euscorpius_triantisi)'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis & Stathi, 2022 (Skyros island, Greece) :''[Euscorpius trichasi](/source/Euscorpius_trichasi)'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis & Stathi, 2024 (Greece) :''[Euscorpius uludagensis](/source/Euscorpius_uludagensis)'' Lacroix, 1995 (Turkey) :''[Euscorpius vailatii](/source/Euscorpius_vailatii)'' Tropea & Fet, 2015 (Greece) :''[Euscorpius vignai](/source/Euscorpius_vignai)'' Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014 (Karpathos and Kasos Islands, Greece) :''[Euscorpius yagmuri](/source/Euscorpius_yagmuri)'' Kovarik, Fet & Soleglad, 2014 (Greece)https://www.biolib.cz/cz/formsearch/?action=execute&string=Roncus&searchrecords=1&searchsynonyms=1&searchtype=4 {{Div col end}} ==References== {{Commons}} {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q139185}} Category:Euscorpiidae Category:Scorpion genera Category:Scorpions of Africa Category:Scorpions of Asia Category:Scorpions of Europe Category:Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Euscorpius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euscorpius) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euscorpius?action=history)). 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