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Checklist of Asian Scorpions

This checklist of Asian Scorpions is prepared by Gérard DUPRE. Last updated on 28 Oct 2024.

Species with * are endemic.

AKRAVIDAE Lévy, 2007

Genus Akrav Lévy, 2007

  • *Akrav israchanani Levy, 2007 Israel/Palestina

 

ANANTERIDAE Pocock, 1900

Genus Himalayotityobuthus Lourenço, 1997

  • *Himalayotityobuthus alejandrae Lourenço, 2003 India
  • Himalayotityobuthus martensi Lourenço, 1997 Nepal, India

 

BUTHIDAE C.L. Koch, 1837

Genus Aegaeobuthus Kovarik, 2019

  • Aegaeobuthus gibbosus (Brullé, 1832) Turkey
  • Aegaeobuthus nigrocinctus (Ehrenberg, 1828) Israel/Palestina, Syria, Turkey, Lebanon
  • *Aegaeobuthus nigrocinctus bishri Lourenço, 2020 Syria

Genus Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828

  • *Androctonus afghanus Lourenço & Qi, 2006 Afghanistan
  • Androctonus amoreuxi (Audouin, 1826) Israel/Palestina, Syria, Jordania, Lebanon
  • Androctonus amoreuxi levyi Fet, 1997 Israel/Palestina, Jordania, Syria, Lebanon
  • Androctonus baluchicus (Pocock, 1900) Afghanistan, Pakistan
  • *Androctonus bartolozzii Rossi & Merendino, 2016 Pakistan
  • Androctonus bicolor Ehrenberg, 1828 Israel/Palestina
  • Androctonus cholistanus Kovarik & Ahmed, 2013 India, Pakistan
  • Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)  Oman, Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Bahreïn, Jordania, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Iran, Israel/Palestina, Syria, Yemen, Kuwait, ?Lebanon
  • *Androctonus finitimus (Pocock, 1897) Pakistan, ?India
  • *Androctonus kunti Yagmur, 2023 Turkey
  • *Androctonus maelfaiti Lourenço, 2005 India
  • *Androctonus robustus Kovarik & Ahmed, 2013 Pakistan
  • *Androctonus sistanus Barahoei & Mirshamsi, 2022 Iran
  • *Androctonus sumericus Al-Khazali & Yagmur, 2023 Iraq
  • *Androctonus tihamicus Alqahtani, Yagmur & Badry, 2023 Saudi Arabia
  • *Androctonus tropeai Rossi, 2015 Pakistan
  • *Androctonus turkiyensis Yagmur, 2021 Turkey

Genus Anomalobuthus Kraepelin, 1900

  • Anomalobuthus krivochatskyi Teruel, Kovarik & Fet, 2018 Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
  • *Anomalobuthus lowei Teruel, Kovarik & Fet, 2018 Kazakhstan
  • Anomalobuthus pavlovskyi Teruel, Kovarik & Fet, 2018 Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
  • Anomalobuthus rickmersi Kraepelin, 1900 Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  • *Anomalobuthus talebii Teruel, Kovarik & Navidpour, 2014 Iran
  • Anomalobuthus zarudnyi (Birula, 1911) Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
  • Apistobuthus pterygocercus Finnegan, 1932 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Qatar

Genus Apistobuthus Finnegan, 1932

  • Apistobuthus susanae Lourenço, 1998 Iran, Kuwait

Genus Babycurus Karsch, 1886

  • *Babycurus borellii Rossi, 2018 Yemen

Genus Baloorthochirus Kovarik, 1996

  • Baloorthochirus becvari Kovarik, 1996 India, Pakistan

Genus Barbaracurus Kovarik, Lowe & St’ahlavsky, 2018

  • *Barbaracurus exquisitus (Lowe, 2000) Oman
  • *Barbaracurus kabateki Kovarik, Lowe, St’ahlavsky & Just, 2022 Saudi Arabia
  • *Barbaracurus winklerorum Kovarik, Lowe & St’ahlavsky, 2018 Oman
  • Barbaracurus yemenensis Kovarik, Lowe & St’ahlavsky, 2018 Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Genus Birulatus Vachon, 1974

  • *Birulatus astartiae Stathi & Lourenço, 2003 Syria
  • *Birulatus haasi Vachon, 1974 Jordania
  • Birulatus israelensis Lourenço, 2002 Israel/Palestina
  • *Birulatus jordanensis Lourenço, Al-Saraireh, Abu Afifeh, Abu Baker, Bader-Katbeh & Amr, 2021 Jordania

Genus Buthacus Birula, 1908

  • *Buthacus agarwali Zambre & Lourenço, 2010 India
  • *Buthacus amitaii Cain, Gefen & Prendini, 2021 Israel/Palestina
  • Buthacus arava Cain, Gefen & Prendini, 2021 Israel/Palestina, Jordania
  • *Buthacus bicolor Abu Afifeh, Al-Saraireh, Abu Baker, Amr & Lourenço, 2022 Jordania
  • Buthacus levyi Cain, Gefen & Prendini, 2021 Israel/Palestina
  • Buthacus nigroaculeatus Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973 Saudi Arabia, Bahreïn, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, ?Jordania
  • *Buthacus nitzani Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973 Israel/Palestina
  • *Buthacus pakistanensis Lourenço & Qi, 2006 Pakistan
  • *Buthacus striffleri Lourenço, 2004 Afghanistan
  • Buthacus tadmorensis (Simon, 1892) Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Jordania
  • *Buthacus williamsi Lourenço & Leguin, 2009 United Arab Emirates
  • Buthacus yotvatensis Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973 Israel/Palestina, Jordania

Genus Butheolus Simon,1882

  • *Butheolus gallagheri Vachon, 1980 Oman
  • Butheolus hallani Lourenço & Rossi, 2017 United Arab Emirates, Oman
  • *Butheolus harrisoni Lowe, 2018 Oman
  • *Butheolus thalassinus Simon, 1882 Yemen, ?Saudi Arabia
  • *Butheolus villosus Hendrixson, 2006 Saudi Arabia

Genus Buthoscorpio Werner, 1936

  • *Buthoscorpio chinnarensis Aswathi, Sureshan & Lourenço, 2015 India
  • *Buthoscorpio indicus Lourenço, 2012 India
  • *Buthoscorpio jinnahii Amir, Kamaluddin & Jabbar, 2005 incertae sedis Pakistan
  • *Buthoscorpio politus (Pocock, 1899) India
  • *Buthoscorpio rahmatii Amir, Kamaluddin & Jabbar, 2005 incertae sedis Pakistan
  • *Buthoscorpio rayalensis Javed, Rao, Mirza, Sanap & Tampal, 2010 India
  • *Buthoscorpio sarasinorum (Karsch, 1891) Sri Lanka

Genus Buthus Leach, 1815

  • *Buthus amri Lourenço, Yagmur & Duhem, 2010 Jordania
  • *Buthus intermedius (Ehrenberg, 1829) Yemen
  • Buthus israelis (Shulov & Amitai, 1959) Israel/Palestina
  • *Buthus nabataeus Lourenço, Abu Afifeh & Al-Saraireh, 2021 Jordania
  • *Buthus yemenensis Lourenço, 2008 Yemen

Genus Centruroides Marx, 1890

  • Centruroides margaritatus (Gervais, 1841) ?Japan

Genus Charmus Karsch, 1879

  • *Charmus brignolii Lourenço, 2000 India
  • *Charmus indicus Hirst, 1915 India
  • *Charmus laneus Karsch, 1879 Sri Lanka
  • *Charmus saradieli Kovarik, Lowe, Ranawana, Hoferek & Jayarathne, 2016 Sri Lanka
  • *Charmus sinhagadensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 India

Genus Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949

  • Compsobuthus acutecarinatus (Simon, 1882) Oman, Yemen
  • *Compsobuthus afghanus Kovarik & Ahmed, 2007 Afghanistan
  • *Compsobuthus andresi Lourenço, 2004 India
  • Compsobuthus arabicus Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman
  • *Compsobuthus armenicus Lourenço & Leguin, 2015 Armenia
  • Compsobuthus atrostriatus (Pocock, 1897) India, Pakistan
  • *Compsobuthus birulai Lourenço, Leguin & Duhem, 2010 United Arab Emirates
  • *Compsobuthus brevimanus (Werner, 1936) Yemen
  • Compsobuthus carmelitis Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973 Israel/Palestina, Syria, Jordania
  • *Compsobuthus garyi Lourenço & Vachon, 2001 Iran
  • Compsobuthus jakesi Kovarik, 2003 Iraq, Iran
  • Compsobuthus jordanensis Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973 Syria, Jordania
  • *Compsobuthus kaftani Kovarik, 2003 Iran
  • *Compsobuthus khaybari Afifeh, Aloufi & Al-Saraireh, 2021 Saudi Arabia
  • *Compsobuthus krali Kovarik, 2012 Yemen
  • Compsobuthus levyi Kovarik, 2012 Israel/Palestina, Jordania
  • Compsobuthus longipalpis Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973 Saudi Arabia, Israel/Palestina, Syria, Jordania
  • *Compsobuthus mahazat Ythier & Lourenço, 2023 Saudi Arabia
  • Compsobuthus maindroni (Kraepelin, 1900) United Arab Emirates, Oman
  • Compsobuthus manzonii (Borelli, 1915) Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905 Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey
  • *Compsobuthus nematodactylus Lowe, 2009 Oman, ?United Arab Emirates
  • *Compsobuthus pakistanus Kovarik & Ahmed, 2007 Pakistan
  • Compsobuthus pallidus Hendrixson, 2006 Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
  • *Compsobuthus persicus Navidpour, Soleglad, Fet & Kovarik, 2008 Iran
  • *Compsobuthus petriolii Vignoli, 2005 Iran
  • *Compsobuthus plutenkoi Kovarik, 2003 Iran
  • *Compsobuthus polisi Lowe, 2001 Oman
  • Compsobuthus rugosulus (Pocock, 1900) Afghanistan, India, Iran, Pakistan
  • *Compsobuthus satpuraensis Waghe, Gangalmale & Khandekar, 2022 India
  • Compsobuthus schmiedeknechti Vachon, 1949 Israel/Palestina, Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordania
  • Compsobuthus setosus Hendrixson, 2006 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman
  • *Compsobuthus sindicus Kovarik & Ahmed , 2011 Pakistan
  • *Compsobuthus tofti Lourenço, 2001 Afghanistan
  • *Compsobuthus vachoni Sissom, 1994 Yemen

Genus Femtobuthus Lowe, 2010

  • *Femtobuthus shutuae Lowe, 2010 Oman

Genus Fetilinia Lowe & Kovarik, 2021

  • *Fetilinia dentator Lowe & Kovarik, 2021 Pakistan

Genus Hemibuthus Pocock, 1900

  • *Hemibuthus crassimanus (Pocock, 1897) India
  • *Hemibuthus umarii Amir, Kamaluddin & Jabbar, 2004 Pakistan

Genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908

  • *Hottentotta akbarii Yagmur, Moradi, Tabatabaei & Jafari, 2022 Iran
  • Hottentotta alticola (Pocock, 1895) Afghanistan, Pakistan
  • *Hottentotta alticola nigrifrons (Pocock, 1900) Pakistan
  • Hottentotta buchariensis (Birula, 1897) Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
  • *Hottentotta finneganae Kovarik, 2007 Pakistan
  • *Hottentotta flavidulus Teruel & Rein, 2010 Afghanistan
  • *Hottentotta hatamtiorum Amiri, Prendini, Hussen, Aliabadian, Siahsarvie & Mirshamsi, 2024 Iran
  • *Hottentotta jabalpurensis Kovarik, 2007 India
  • *Hottentotta jalalabadensis Kovarik, 2007 Afghanistan
  • Hottentotta jayakari (Pocock, 1895) Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, ?Iran
  • Hottentotta judaicus (Simon, 1872) Israel/Palestina, Syria, Lebanon, Jordania
  • *Hottentotta juliae Kovarik, Yagmur & Fet, 2019 Iran
  • *Hottentotta keralaensis Aswathi, Sureshan & Lourenço, 2016 India
  • *Hottentotta khoozestanus Navidpour, Kovarik, Soleglad & Fet, 2008 Iran
  • *Hottentotta krivokhatskyi Kovarik, Yagmur & Fet, 2019 Pakistan
  • *Hottentotta leetzi Ythier, 2024 China
  • *Hottentotta lorestanus Navidpour, Nayebzadeh, Soleglad, Fet, Kovarik & Kayedi, 2010 Iran
  • *Hottentotta mesopotamicus Lourenço & Qi, 2007 Iraq
  • *Hottentotta minusalta Vachon, 1958 Afghanistan
  • *Hottentotta navidpouri Kovarik, Yagmur & Moradi 2018 Iran
  • *Hottentotta pachyurus (Pocock, 1897) India
  • *Hottentotta pellucidus Lowe, 2010 Oman
  • *Hottentotta penjabensis Kovarik, 2007 ?India, Pakistan
  • *Hottentotta pooyani Moradi, Yagmur, Akbari & Jafari, 2022 Iran
  • *Hottentotta reddyi Lourenço, 2015 India
  • *Hottentotta rugiscutis (Pocock, 1897) India
  • Hottentotta salei (Vachon, 1980) United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen
  • Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880) Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, ?Armenia, ?Syria
  • *Hottentotta saxinatans Lowe, 2010 Oman
  • Hottentotta scaber (Ehrenberg, 1828) Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • Hottentotta schach (Birula, 1905) Iraq, Iran
  • *Hottentotta sistanensis Kovarik, Yagmur & Moradi 2018 Iran
  • *Hottentotta socotrensis (Pocock, 1889) Yemen
  • *Hottentotta songi (Lourenço, Qi & Zhu, 2005) China
  • *Hottentotta stockwelli Kovarik, 2007 India
  • Hottentotta tamulus (Fabricius, 1798) India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • *Hottentotta vinchu Mirza, Ambekar & Kulkarni, 2019 India
  • *Hottentotta zagrosensis Kovarik, 1997 Iran

Genus Iranobuthus Kovarik, 1997

  • *Iranobuthus krali Kovarik, 1997 Iran

Genus Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828

  • *Isometrus aareyensis (Mirza & Sanap, 2010) India
  • *Isometrus acanthurus Pocock, 1899 India
  • *Isometrus adviteeya Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024 India
  • *Isometrus amboli Sulakhe, Dandekar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2020 India
  • *Isometrus anamalaiensis  Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024 India
  • Isometrus assamensis Oates, 1888 Bangladesh, India, Nepal
  • *Isometrus basilicus Karsch, 1879 Sri Lanka
  • *Isometrus besucheti Vachon, 1982 Sri Lanka
  • *Isometrus brachycentrus Pocock, 1899 India
  • *Isometrus ceylonensis (Kovarik, Lowe, Ranawana, Hoferek, Jayarathne, Pliskova & St’ahlavsky, 2016) Sri Lanka
  • *Isometrus corbeti Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 India
  • *Isometrus deharvengi Lourenço & Duhem, 2010 Vietnam
  • *Isometrus feti Kovarik, 2013 Indonesia
  • *Isometrus furai (Kovarik & St’ahlavsky, 2019) Vietnam
  • *Isometrus hofereki (Kovarik & St’ahlavsky, 2019) Malaysia
  • *Isometrus isadensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 India
  • *Isometrus jayarathnei (Kovarik, 2016) Sri Lanka
  • *Isometrus jendeki (Kovarik, 2013) Malaysia
  • *Isometrus justi (Kovarik, Lowe & St’ahlavsky, 2020) Laos
  • *Isometrus khammamensis Kovarik, 2003 India
  • *Isometrus kovariki Sulakhe, Dandekar, Mukherjee, Pandey, Ketkar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2020 India
  • *Isometrus krasenskyi Kovarik, 1998 Indonesia
  • Isometrus kurkai Kovarik, 1997 Indonesia, Malaysia
  • *Isometrus lithophilis  Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024 India
  • *Isometrus loebli Vachon, 1982 Sri Lanka
  • *Isometrus longitelson Deshpande, Gowande, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2022 India
  • Isometrus maculatus (DeGeer, 1778) Saudi Arabia, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Syria, Taiwan,Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand, Maldives
  • *Isometrus majkusi (Kovarik & St’ahlavsky, 2019) Malaysia
  • *Isometrus nakshatra Sulakhe, Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar & Ketkar, 2022 India
  • Isometrus navaiae Kovarik, 1998 Indonesia, Philippines
  • *Isometrus neradi Kovarik, 2013 Thailand
  • *Isometrus palani Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024 India
  • *Isometrus petrzelkai Kovarik, 2003 Vietnam, ?Cambodia, ?China, ?Thailand
  • *Isometrus problematicus Kovarik, 2003 India
  • *Isometrus ranawanai (Kovarik, 2016) Sri Lanka
  • *Isometrus rigidulus Pocock, 1897 India
  • Isometrus rolciki (Kovarik & St’ahlavsky, 2019) Cambodia, Vietnam
  • *Isometrus sankeriensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 India
  • Isometrus schwotti (Kovarik & St’ahlavsky, 2019) Cambodia, Thailand
  • *Isometrus tamhini Sulakhe, Dandekar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2020 India
  • *Isometrus thenmala  Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024 India
  • *Isometrus thurstoni Pocock, 1893 India, ?Sri Lanka
  • *Isometrus thwaitesi Pocock, 1897 Sri Lanka
  • *Isometrus tibetanus Lourenço & Zhu, 2008 China
  • *Isometrus vittatus Pocock, 1900 India
  • *Isometrus wayanadensis Sulakhe, Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar & Ketkar, 2022 India
  • Isometrus zideki Kovarik, 1994 Indonesia, Malaysia

Genus Janalychas Kovarik, 2019

  • *Janalychas albimanus (Henderson, 1919) India
  • *Janalychas farkasi Kovarik, 1997 Nepal
  • *Janalychas granulatus Mirza, 2020 India
  • *Janalychas heurtaultae Kovarik, 1997 Nepal
  • *Janalychas keralaensis Mirza, 2020 India
  • Janalychas laevifrons Pocock, 1897 India, Nepal
  • *Janalychas shoplandi (Oates, 1888) Myanmar
  • *Janalychas srilankensis Lourenço, 1997 Sri Lanka
  • *Janalychas tricarinatus (Simon, 1884) India

Genus Kraepelinia Vachon, 1974

  • Kraepelinia palpator (Birula, 1903) Iran, Turkmenistan

Genus Langxie Tang, Jia & Liu, 2023

  • *Langxie feti Tang, Jia & Liu, 2023 China

Genus Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828

  • Leiurus abdullahbayrami Yagmur, Koç & Kunt, 2009 Syria, Turkey, Lebanon
  • Leiurus arabicus Lowe, Yagmur & Kovarik, 2014 Saudi Arabia, Bahreïn
  • Leiurus brachycentrus (Ehrenberg, 1829) Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • *Leiurus hadb Al-Qahtni, Al-Salem, Alqahtani & Badry, 2023 Saudi Arabia
  • Leiurus haenggii Lowe, Yagmur & Kovarik, 2014 Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen
  • *Leiurus heberti Lowe, Yagmur & Kovarik, 2014 Oman
  • Leiurus hebraeus (Birula, 1908) Israel/Palestina, Syria, Lebanon, Jordania
  • Leiurus jordanensis Lourenço, Modry & Amr, 2002 Saudi Arabia, Jordania
  • *Leiurus kuwaiti Lourenço, 2020 Kuwait
  • *Leiurus macroctenus Lowe, Yagmur & Kovarik, 2014 Oman
  • *Leiurus maculatus Lourenço, 2022 Iraq
  • *Leiurus nigellus Abu Afifeh, Aloufi & Al-Saraireh, 2023 Saudi Arabia

Genus Liobuthus Birula, 1898

  • Liobuthus kessleri Birula, 1898 Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan

Genus Lychas C.L. Koch, 1845

  • *Lychas aberlanci Lourenço, 2013 Laos
  • *Lychas armillatus (Gervais, 1841) Philippines
  • *Lychas biharensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 India
  • *Lychas brehieri Lourenço, 2017 Myanmar
  • *Lychas cernickai Kovarik, 2013 Laos
  • *Lychas chanthaburiensis Ythier & Lourenço, 2022 Thailand
  • Lychas flavimanus (Thorell, 1888) Indonesia, Malaysia
  • *Lychas gravelyi Henderson, 1913 Myanmar
  • *Lychas hendersoni (Pocock, 1897) India
  • *Lychas hillyardi Kovarik, 1997 India
  • *Lychas inexpectatus Lourenço, 2011 Laos
  • *Lychas jakli Kovarik, 2023 Indonesia
  • *Lychas kamshetensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 India
  • *Lychas kharpadi Bastawade, 1986 India
  • *Lychas krali Kovarik, 1995 Thailand
  • *Lychas lourencoi Kovarik, 1997 Indonesia
  • Lychas mucronatus (Fabricius, 1798) ?Japan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, China
  • Lychas nigristernis (Pocock, 1899) India, Nepal, Pakistan
  • *Lychas rackae Kovarik, 1997 India
  • *Lychas rugosus (Pocock, 1897) India
  • *Lychas scaber (Pocock, 1893) India
  • Lychas scutilus C. L. Koch, 1845 Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Myanmar, Thailand, ?China
  • Lychas shelfordi (Borelli, 1904) Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
  • Lychas variatus (Thorell, 1876) East Timor

Genus Mesobuthus Vechon, 1950

  • Mesobuthus afghanus (Pocock, 1889) Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan
  • *Mesobuthus barszczewskii (Birula, 1904) Uzbekistan
  • *Mesobuthus birulai Kovarik, Fet, Gantenbein, Graham, Yagmur, St’ahlavsky, Poverennyi & Novruzov, 2022 Iran
  • Mesobuthus bogdoensis (Birula, 1896) Kazakhstan
  • *Mesobuthus crucittii Kovarik, Fet, Gantenbein, Graham, Yagmur, St’ahlavsky, Poverennyi & Novruzov, 2022 Iran
  • Mesobuthus eupeus (C.L. Koch, 1839) Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Georgia, Iran, Turkey
  • *Mesobuthus faiki Yagmur, Kovarik & Fet, 2024 Turkey
  • *Mesobuthus farleyi Kovarik, Fet, Gantenbein, Graham, Yagmur, St’ahlavsky, Poverennyi & Novruzov, 2022 Iran
  • Mesobuthus fomichovi Kovarik, Fet, Gantenbein, Graham, Yagmur, St’ahlavsky, Poverennyi & Novruzov, 2022 Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  • *Mesobuthus galinae Kovarik, Fet, Gantenbein, Graham, Yagmur, St’ahlavsky, Poverennyi & Novruzov, 2022 Turkmenistan
  • Mesobuthus haarlovi Vachon, 1958 Afghanistan, Pakistan
  • *Mesobuthus iranus (Birula, 1917) Iran
  • *Mesobuthus kaftani Kovarik, Fet, Gantenbein, Graham, Yagmur, St’ahlavsky, Poverennyi & Novruzov, 2022 Iran
  • *Mesobuthus kirmanensis (Birula, 1900) Iran
  • *Mesobuthus macmahoni (Pocock, 1900) Pakistan
  • *Mesobuthus marusiki Kovarik, Fet, Gantenbein, Graham, Yagmur, St’ahlavsky, Poverennyi & Novruzov, 2022 Uzbekistan
  • Mesobuthus mesopotamicus (Penther, 1912) Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  • *Mesobuthus mirshamsii  (Birula, 1905) Kovarik, Fet, Gantenbein, Graham, Yagmur, St’ahlavsky, Poverennyi & Novruzov, 2022 Iran
  • *Mesobuthus navidpouri  Kovarik, Fet, Gantenbein, Graham, Yagmur, St’ahlavsky, Poverennyi & Novruzov, 2022 Iran
  • Mesobuthus persicus (Pocock, 1899) Azerbaidjan, Iran
  • *Mesobuthus philippovitschi (Birula, 1905) Iran
  • *Mesobuthus phillipsi (Pocock, 1889) Iran
  • *Mesobuthus rahsenae  Kovarik, Fet, Gantenbein, Graham, Yagmur, St’ahlavsky, Poverennyi & Novruzov, 2022 Turkey
  • *Mesobuthus rakshanii Barahoei, 2022 Iran
  • Mesobuthus thersites (C.L. Koch, 1839) Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, China
  • *Mesobuthus turcicus  Kovarik, Fet, Gantenbein, Graham, Yagmur, St’ahlavsky, Poverennyi & Novruzov, 2022 Turkey
  • *Mesobuthus vesiculatus (Pocock, 1899) Iran
  • *Mesobuthus vignolii Kovarik, Fet, Gantenbein, Graham, Yagmur, St’ahlavsky, Poverennyi & Novruzov, 2022 Iran
  • *Mesobuthus yagmuri Kovarik & Fet, 2022 Turkey
  • *Mesobuthus zarudnyi Novruzov, Kovarik & Fet, 2022 Azerbaidjan
  • *Mesobuthus zonsteini Kovarik, Fet, Gantenbein, Graham, Yagmur, St’ahlavsky, Poverennyi & Novruzov, 2022 Uzbekistan

Genus Microbuthus Kraepelin, 1898

  • *Microbuthus gardneri Lowe, 2010 Oman
  • *Microbuthus kristensenorum Lowe, 2010 Oman, ?Yemen
  • Microbuthus litoralis (Pavesi, 1885) Yemen
  • Microbuthus satyrus Lowe, Kovarik, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2018 Oman, Yemen

Genus Odontobuthus Vachon, 1950

  • *Odontobuthus atherii (Amir & Kamaluddin, 2008) Pakistan
  • *Odontobuthus baluchicus Barahoei, Prendini, Navidpour, Tahir, Aliabadian, Siahsarvie & Mirshamsi, 2021 Iran
  • Odontobuthus bidentatus Lourenço & Pézier, 2002 Iraq, Iran
  • Odontobuthus brevidigitus Lowe, 2010 United Arab Emirates, Oman
  • *Odontobuthus chabahariensis Barahoei, Prendini, Navidpour, Tahir, Aliabadian, Siahsarvie & Mirshamsi, 2021 Iran
  • *Odontobuthus doriae (Thorell, 1876) Iran
  • *Odontobuthus kermanus Barahoei, Prendini, Navidpour, Tahir, Aliabadian, Siahsarvie & Mirshamsi, 2021 Iran
  • *Odontobuthus liaqatii (Amir & Kamaluddin, 2008) Pakistan
  • Odontobuthus odonturus (Pocock, 1897) India, Pakistan
  • *Odontobuthus persicus Barahoei & Shahi, 2024 Iran
  • *Odontobuthus tavighiae Navidpour, Soleglad, Fet & Kovarik, 2013 Iran
  • *Odontobuthus tirgari Mirshamsi, Azghadi, Navidpour, Aliabadian & Kovarik, 2013 Iran

Genus Olivierus Farzanpay, 1987

  • *Olivierus brutus (Fet, Kovarik, Gantenbein, Kaiser, Stewart & Graham, 2018) Iran
  • Olivierus caucasicus (Nordmann, 1840) Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Georgia, Iran, Turkey
  • Olivierus elenae (Fet, Kovarik, Gantenbein, Kaiser, Stewart & Graham, 2018) Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
  • Olivierus fuscus (Birula, 1897) Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
  • Olivierus gorelovi (Fet, Kovarik, Gantenbein, Kaiser, Stewart & Graham, 2018) Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
  • *Olivierus intermedius (Birula, 1897) Tajikistan, ?Uzbekistan, ? Kirghizistan
  • Olivierus kaznakovi (Birula, 1904) Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
  • Olivierus kreuzbergi (Fet, Kovarik, Gantenbein, Kaiser, Stewart & Graham, 2018) Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
  • Olivierus longichelus (Sun & Zhu, 2010) Kazakhstan, China
  • Olivierus martensii (Karsch, 1879) Korea, Japan, Mongolia, China
  • Olivierus mikhailovi Fet, Kovarik, Gantenbein & Graham, 2021 Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
  • *Olivierus mischi (Fet, Kovarik, Gantenbein, Kaiser, Stewart & Graham, 2018) Afghanistan
  • *Olivierus nenilini (Fet, Kovarik, Gantenbein, Kaiser, Stewart & Graham, 2018) Uzbekistan
  • Olivierus parthorum (Pocock, 1889) Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan
  • Olivierus przewalskii (Birula, 1897) Mongolia, China
  • *Olivierus voldemari Fet, Kovarik, Gantenbein & Graham, 2021 Uzbekistan

Genus Orthochiroides Kovarik, 1998

  • *Orthochiroides insularis (Pocock, 1899) Yemen
  • *Orthochiroides socotrensis Kovarik, 2004 Yemen
  • Orthochiroides vachoni (Kovarik, 1998) Yemen

Genus Orthochirus Katsch, 1891

  • *Orthochirus afghanus Kovarik, 2004 Afghanistan
  • *Orthochirus arabicus Ythier & Lourenço, 2023 Saudi Arabia
  • *Orthochirus bastawadei Zambre, Mirza, Sanap, Upadhye & Javed, 2011 India
  • *Orthochirus bicolor (Pocock, 1897) India
  • *Orthochirus birulai Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020 Pakistan
  • *Orthochirus carinatus Navidpour, Kovarik, Soleglad & Fet, 2019 Iran
  • *Orthochirus danielleae (Lourenço & Vachon, 1997) Afghanistan
  • *Orthochirus farzanpayi (Vachon & Farzanpay, 1987) Iran
  • *Orthochirus feti Kovarik, 2004 Uzbekistan
  • *Orthochirus flavescens (Pocock, 1897) India
  • Orthochirus fomichevi Kovarik, Yagmur, Fet & Hussen, 2019 Iraq, Turkey
  • Orthochirus formozovi Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020 Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  • *Orthochirus fuscipes (Pocock, 1900) Pakistan
  • *Orthochirus ganteinbeni Kovarik, Yagmur, Fet & Hussen, 2019 Iran
  • Orthochirus glabrifrons (Kraepelin, 1903) United Arab Emirates, Oman
  • *Orthochirus gromovi Kovarik, 2004 Turkmenistan
  • *Orthochirus grosseri Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020 Uzbekistan
  • *Orthochirus gruberi Kovarik & Fet, 2006 Iran
  • *Orthochirus heratensis Kovarik, 2004 Afghanistan
  • *Orthochirus hormozganensis Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020 Iran
  • *Orthochirus iranus Kovarik, 2004 Iran
  • *Orthochirus iraqus Kovarik, 2004 Iraq
  • *Orthochirus jalalabadensis Kovarik, 2004 Afghanistan
  • *Orthochirus katerinae Kovarik & Just, 2022 Saudi Arabia
  • *Orthochirus kermanensis Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020 Iran
  • *Orthochirus kovariki Yagmur & Khalili, 2022 Afghanistan
  • *Orthochirus krishnai Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 India
  • *Orthochirus kryzhanovskyi Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020 Pakistan
  • *Orthochirus kucerai Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020 Iran
  • *Orthochirus masihipouri Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020 Iran
  • Orthochirus melanurus (Kessler, 1874) Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
  • Orthochirus mesopotamicus Birula, 1918 Iraq, Iran
  • *Orthochirus monodi (Lourenço & Vachon, 1997) Afghanistan
  • *Orthochirus navidpouri Kovarik, Yagmur, Fet & Hussen, 2019 Iran
  • *Orthochirus nordmanni Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020 Afghanistan
  • *Orthochirus pallidus (Pocock, 1897) Pakistan
  • Orthochirus persa (Birula, 1900) Afghanistan, Iran
  • *Orthochirus samrchelsis Kovarik, 2004 Afghanistan
  • *Orthochirus scrobiculosus (Grube, 1873) Turkmenistan
  • *Orthochirus scrobiculosus negebensis Shulov & Amitai, 1960 Jordania
  • *Orthochirus sejnai Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020 Iran
  • *Orthochirus semnanensis Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020 Iran
  • *Orthochirus stockwelli (Lourenço & Vachon, 1995) Iran
  • *Orthochirus varius Kovarik, 2004 Iran
  • *Orthochirus vignolii Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020 Iran
  • *Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovarik, 2004 Iran

Genus Pantobuthus Lourenço & Duhem, 2009

  • *Pantobuthus complicatus Lourenço & Duhem, 2009 Afghanistan

Genus Parabuthus Pocock, 1890

  • Parabuthus liosoma (Ehrenberg, 1828) Yemen, Saudi Arabia

Genus Pectinibuthus Fet, 1984

  • *Pectinibuthus birulai Fet, 1984 Turkmenistan

Genus Picobuthus Mowe, 2010

  • *Picobuthus dundoni Lowe, 2010 Oman
  • *Picobuthus wahibaensis Lowe, 2010 Oman

Genus Plesiobuthus Pocock, 1900

  • *Plesiobuthus paradoxus Pocock, 1900 Pakistan

Genus Polisius Fet, Capes & Sissom, 2001

  • *Polisius persicus Fet, Capes & Sissom, 2001 Iran

Genus Razianus Farzanpay, 1987

  • *Razianus birulai Tahir, Navidpour & Prendini, 2014 Pakistan
  • *Razianus farzanpayi Tahir, Navidpour & Prendini, 2014 Pakistan
  • *Razianus xinjianganus Lourenço, Sun & Zhu, 2010 China
  • Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903) Iraq, Iran

Genus Sassanidotus Farzanpay, 1987

  • Sassanidotus gracilis (Birula, 1900) Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan
  • *Sassanidotus zarudnyi (Birula, 1900) Iran

Genus Spelaeolychas Kovarik, 2019

  • *Spelaeolychas hosei (Pocock, 1891) Malaysia

Genus Thaicharmus Kovarik, 1995

  • *Thaicharmus guptai Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2016 India
  • *Thaicharmus indicus Kovarik, 2013 India
  • *Thaicharmus lowei Kovarik, Soleglad & Fet, 2007 India
  • *Thaicharmus mahunkai Kovarik, 1995 Thailand

Genus Trypanothacus Lowe, Kovarik, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2019

  • *Trypanothacus azraqensis Al-Saraireh, Afifeh, Aloufi, Amr & Lourenço, 2021 Jordania
  • *Trypanothacus barnesi Lowe, Kovarik, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2019 Oman
  • *Trypanothacus buettikeri (Hendrixson, 2006) Saudi Arabia

Genus Vachoniolus Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973

  • *Vachoniolus batinahensis Lowe, 2010 Oman
  • *Vachoniolus gallagheri Lowe, 2010 Oman
  • Vachoniolus globimanus Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973 United Arab Emirates, Oman, Jordania, Saudi Arabia
  • *Vachoniolus iranus Navidpour, Kovarik, Soleglad & Fet, 2008 Iran

Genus Vachonus Tikader & Bastawade, 1983

  • *Vachonus inexpectatus Lourenço, 2015 India
  • *Vachonus rajasthanicus Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 India

Genus Xenobuthus Lowe, 2018

  • Xenobuthus anthracinus (Pocock, 1895) Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
  • *Xenobuthus arabicus (Lourenço & Qi, 2006 Saudi Arabia
  • *Xenobuthus xanthus Lowe, 2018 Oman

CHAERILIDAE Pocock, 1893

 Genus Chaerilourencous Rossi, 2018

  • *Chaerilourencous sabinae (Lourenço, 1995) Indonesia
  • *Chaerilourencous telnovi (Lourenço, 2009) Indonesia

Genus Chaerilus Simon, 1877

  • *Chaerilus adrianoi Lourenço & Ythier, 2024 Myanmar
  • *Chaerilus agilis Pocock, 1899 Malaysia
  • *Chaerilus agnellivanniorum Lourenço & Rossi, 2019 Philippines
  • *Chaerilus alberti Kovarik, 2019 Malaysia
  • *Chaerilus andamanensis Lourenço, Duhem & Leguin, 2011 India
  • *Chaerilus annapurna Lourenço & Duhem, 2010 Nepal
  • *Chaerilus anneae Lourenço, 2012 Vietnam
  • Chaerilus assamensis Kraepelin, 1913 China, India
  • *Chaerilus birmanicus Thorell, 1899 Myanmar
  • *Chaerilus borneensis Simon, 1880 Indonesia
  • Chaerilus cavernicola Pocock, 1894 Indonesia, Malaysia,Thailand
  • *Chaerilus celebensis Pocock, 1894 Indonesia
  • *Chaerilus ceylonensis Pocock, 1894 Sri Lanka
  • *Chaerilus chapmani Vachon & Lourenço, 1985 Malaysia
  • *Chaerilus chubluk Lourenço, Tran & Pham, 2020 Vietnam
  • *Chaerilus cimrmani Kovarik, 2012 Thailand
  • *Chaerilus conchiformus Zhu, Han & Lourenço, 2008 China
  • *Chaerilus granulatus Kovarik, Lowe, Hoferek, Forman & Kral, 2015 Vietnam
  • *Chaerilus hofereki Kovarik, Kral, Korinkova & Reyes Lerma, 2014 Vietnam
  • *Chaerilus honba Lourenço, 2019 Vietnam
  • *Chaerilus insignis Pocock, 1894 India
  • *Chaerilus julietteae Lourenço, 2011 Vietnam
  • *Chaerilus kampuchea Lourenço, 2012 Cambodia
  • *Chaerilus kautti Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Thailand
  • Chaerilus laevimanus Pocock, 1899 Indonesia, Malaysia
  • *Chaerilus laoticus Lourenço & Zhu, 2008 Laos
  • *Chaerilus longimanus Kovarik, Lowe, Hoferek, Forman & Kral, 2015 Vietnam
  • *Chaerilus mainlingensis Di & Zhu, 2009 China
  • *Chaerilus majkusi Kovarik, Lowe & St’ahlavsky, 2018 Malaysia
  • *Chaerilus merendinoi Rossi, 2018 Indonesia. Synonymised ??
  • *Chaerilus neradorum Kovarik, Lowe & St’ahlavsky, 2018 Thailand
  • *Chaerilus ojangureni Kovarik, 2005 Malaysia
  • *Chaerilus pathom Lourenço & Pham, 2014 Vietnam
  • *Chaerilus petrzelkai Kovarik, 2000 Vietnam
  • *Chaerilus phami Lourenço, 2011 Vietnam
  • *Chaerilus philippinus Lourenço & Ythier, 2008 Philippines
  • Chaerilus pictus (Pocock, 1890) Bangladesh, India
  • *Chaerilus pseudoconchiformus Yin, Giu, Pan, Li & Di, 2015 China
  • Chaerilus rectimanus Pocock, 1899 Malaysia, Singapore
  • *Chaerilus robinsoni Hirst, 1911 Malaysia
  • *Chaerilus seiteri Kovarik, 2012 Philippines
  • *Chaerilus sejnai Kovarik, 2005 Malaysia
  • Chaerilus solegladi Kovarik, 2012 Indonesia, Malaysia
  • *Chaerilus spinatus Lourenço & Duhem, 2010 Indonesia
  • *Chaerilus stockmannorum Kovarik, Lowe & St’ahlavsky, 2018 Thailand
  • *Chaerilus terueli Kovarik, 2012 Vietnam
  • *Chaerilus tessellatus Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005 China
  • *Chaerilus thai Lourenço, Sun & Zhu, 2010 Thailand
  • *Chaerilus tichyi Kovarik, 2000 Malaysia
  • Chaerilus tricostatus Pocock, 1899 China, India
  • Chaerilus truncatus Karsch, 1879 India, Nepal
  • *Chaerilus tryznai Kovarik, 2000 China
  • *Chaerilus variegatus Simon, 1877 Indonesia
  • *Chaerilus wrzecionkoi Kovarik, 2012 China

DIPLOCENTRIDAE Karsch, 1880

Genus Heteronebo Pocock, 1899

  • *Heteronebo forbesii Pocock, 1899 Yemen
  • *Heteronebo granti Pocock, 1899 Yemen

Genus Nebo Simon, 1878

  • *Nebo flavipes Simon, 1882 Yemen
  • *Nebo franckei Vachon, 1980 Oman
  • *Nebo grandis Francke, 1980 Yemen
  • *Nebo henjamicus Francke, 1980 Iran
  • Nebo hierichonticus (Simon, 1872) ?Saudi Arabia, Jordania, Israel/Palestina, Lebanon, Syria
  • *Nebo jazanensis Abu Afifeh, Aloufi, Al-Saraireh & Amr, 2023 Saudi Arabia
  • *Nebo omanensis Francke, 1980 Oman
  • *Nebo poggesii Sissom, 1994 Yemen
  • *Nebo whitei Vachon, 1980 Oman
  • Nebo yemenensis Francke, 1980 Saudi Arabia, Yemen

EUSCORPIIDAE Laurie, 1896

 Genus Alpiscorpius Gantenbein, Fet, Largiader & Scholl, 1999

  • *Alpiscorpius istanbulensis Tropea, Yagmur & Parmakelis, 2024 Turkey
  • Alpiscorpius mingrelicus (Kessler, 1874) Georgia, Turkey
  • *Alpiscorpius orgeli Yagmur, 2024 Turkey
  • *Alpiscorpius phrygius Bonacina, 1980 Turkey
  • *Alpiscorpius uludagensis Lacroix, 1995 Turkey

Genus Euscorpius Thorell, 1876

  • *Euscorpius aladaglarensis Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 Turkey
  • *Euscorpius alanyaensis Tropea, Yagmur, Parmakelis & Kunt, 2016 Turkey
  • *Euscorpius arikani Yagmur & Tropea, 2015 Turkey
  • Euscorpius avcii Tropea, Yagmur, Koç, Yesilyurt & Rossi, 2012 Turkey
  • *Euscorpius ciliciensis Birula, 1898 Turkey
  • *Euscorpius eskisehirensis Tropea & Yagmur, 2015 Turkey
  • *Euscorpius gocmeni Tropea, Yagmur & Yesilyurt, 2014 Turkey
  • *Euscorpius gulhanimae Yagmur, 2024 Turkey
  • *Euscorpius hakani Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 Turkey
  • *Euscorpius honazicus Tropea, Yagmur, Karampatsou, Parmakelis & Yesilyurt, 2016 Turkey
  • *Euscorpius idaeus Yagmur & Tropea, 2017 Turkey
  • Euscorpius italicus (Herbst, 1800) Georgia, Iraq, Turkey, Yemen
  • *Euscorpius koci Tropea & Yagmur, 2015 Turkey
  • Euscorpius lesbiacus Tropea, fet , Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi, Stathi & Zafeiriou, 2020 Turkey
  • *Euscorpius lycius Yagmur, Tropea & Yesilyurt, 2013 Turkey
  • Euscorpius naupliensis (C. L. Koch, 1837) Azerbaidjan
  • *Euscorpius sultanensis Tropea & Yagmur, 2016 Turkey
  • Euscorpius tauricus (C.L. Koch, 1837) Turkey
  • Euscorpius tergestinus (C.L. Koch, 1837) ?Turkey

Genus Tetratrichobothrius Birula, 1917

  • Tetratrichobothrius flavicaudis (DeGeer, 1778) Yemen

HEMISCORPIIDAE Pocock, 1893

Genus Hemiscorpius Peters, 1861

  • *Hemiscorpius acanthocercus Monod & Lourenço, 2005 Iran
  • Hemiscorpius arabicus (Pocock, 1899) Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  • *Hemiscorpius enischnochela Monod & Lourenço, 2005 Iran
  • *Hemiscorpius falcifer Lowe, 2010 Oman
  • *Hemiscorpius flagelliraptor Lowe, 2010 Oman
  • *Hemiscorpius gaillardi (Vachon, 1974) Iran
  • *Hemiscorpius kashkayi Karatas & Gharkheloo, 2012 Iran
  • Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 ?Pakistan, Iran, Iraq
  • *Hemiscorpius maindroni (Kraepelin, 1900) Oman
  • *Hemiscorpius persicus Birula, 1903 Iran
  • *Hemiscorpius shahii Kovarik, Navidpour & Soleglad, 2017 Iran
  • *Hemiscorpius socotranus Pocock, 1899 Yemen

HORMURIDAE Laurie, 1896

 Genus Chiromachetes Pocock, 1899

  • *Chiromachetes agasthyamalaiensis Khandekar, Thacheray, Pawar, Gangalmale & Waghe, 2022 India
  • *Chiromachetes fergusoni Pocock, 1899 India
  • *Chiromachetes parakrami Sulakhe, Deshpande, Dandekar, Ketkar, Gowande, Padhye & Bawaskar, 2020 India
  • *Chiromachetes ramdasswamii Sulakhe, Deshpande, Dandekar, Ketkar, Gowande, Padhye & Bawaskar, 2020 India
  • *Chiromachetes sahyadriensis Mirza, Sanap & Zambre, 2015 India
  • *Chiromachetes tirupati Lourenço, 1997 India

Genus Hormiops Fage, 1933

  • *Hormiops davidovi Fage, 1933 Vietnam
  • *Hormiops infulcra Monod, 2014 Malaysia

Genus Hormurus Thorell, 1876

  • *Hormurus boholiensis (Kraepelin, 1914) Philippines
  • Hormurus  karschii (Keyserling, 1885) Indonesia
  • Hormurus waigiensis  (Gervais 1843) Indonesia, Philippines

Genus Iomachus Pocock, 1893

  • *Iomachus laeviceps (Pocock, 1890) India
  • *Iomachus malabarensis Pocock, 1900 India
  • *Iomachus nitidus Pocock, 1896 India
  • *Iomachus punctulatus Pocock, 1897 India
  • *Iomachus surgani Bastawade, 1986 India

Genus Liocheles Sundevall, 1833

  • Liocheles australasiae (Fabricius, 1775) ?Singapore, ?Taiwan, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Korea , India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, East Timor
  • *Liocheles longimanus (Werner, 1939) Indonesia
  • Liocheles nigripes (Pocock, 1897) ?Cambodia, ?Thailand, ?Myanmar, India, Laos
  • *Liocheles oranghutan Ythier & Richard, 2020 Indonesia
  • *Liocheles schalleri Mirza, 2017 India

Genus Tibetiomachus Lourenço & Qi, 2006

  • *Tibetiomachus himalayensis Lourenço & Qi, 2006  China

IURIDAE Thorell, 1876

Genus Anatoliurus Parmakelis, Dimitriadou, Gkigliza, Karampatsou, Stathi, Fet, Yagmur & Kovarik, 2022

  • Anatoliurus kraepelini (von Ubisch, 1921) Turkey
  • *Anatoliurus kumlutasi Yagmur, Soleglad, Fet & Kovarik, 2015 Turkey

Genus Calchas Birula, 1899

  • Calchas anlasi Yagmur, Soleglad, Fet & Kovarik, 2013 Iraq, Turkey
  • *Calchas birulai Fet, Soleglad & Kovarik, 2009 Turkey
  • *Calchas kosswigi Yagmur, Soleglad, Fet & Kovarik, 2013 Turkey
  • *Calchas nordmanni Birula, 1899 Turkey

Genus Iurus Thorell, 1876

  • Iurus kinzelbachi Kovarik, Fet, Soleglad & Yagmur, 2010 Turkey

Genus Letoiurus Parmakelis, Dimitriadou, Gkigliza, Karampatsou, Stathi, Fet, Yagmur & Kovarik, 2022

  • Letoiurus rhodiensis Soleglad, Fet, Kovarik & Yagmur, 2012) Turkey

Genus Metaiurus Parmakelis, Dimitriadou, Gkigliza, Karampatsou, Stathi, Fet, Yagmur & Kovarik, 2022

  • *Metaiurus kadleci (Kovarik, Fet, Soleglad & Yagmur, 2010) Turkey

Genus Neocalchas Yagmur, Soleglad, Fet & Kovarik, 2013

  • Neocalchas gruberi (Fet, Soleglad & Kovarik, 2009) Turkey

Genus Protoiurus Soleglad, Fet, Kovarik & Yagmur, 2012

  • *Protoiurus  asiaticus (Birula, 1903) Turkey

 

PSEUDOCHACTIDAE Gromov, 1998

 Genus Aemngvantom Prendini, Ehrenthal & Loria, 2021

  • *Aemngvantom lao (Lourenço, 2012) Laos
  • *Aemngvantom thamnongpaseuan Prendini, Ehrenthal & Loria, 2021 Laos

Genus Pseudochactas Gromov, 1998

  • *Pseudochactas mischi Soleglad, Kovarik & Fet, 2012 Afghanistan
  • Pseudochactas ovchinnikovi Gromov, 1998 Uzbekistan, Tajikistan

Genus Qianxie Tang, 2022

  • *Qianxie solegladi Tang, 2022 China

Genus Troglokhammouanus Lourenço, 2007

  • *Troglokhammouanus steineri Lourenço, 2007 Laos

Genus Vietbocap Loureço & Pham, 2010

  • *Vietbocap canhi Lourenço & Pham, 2010 Vietnam

 

RUGODENTIDAE Bastawade, Sureshan & Radhakkrishnan, 2005

Genus Rugodentus Bastawade, Sureshan & Radhakkrishnan, 2005

  • *Rugodentus keralaensis (Tikader & Bastawade, 1983) India

SCORPIONIDAE Latreille, 1802

 Genus Chersonesometrus Couzijn, 1978

  • *Chersonesometrus bastawadei Prendini & Loria, 2020 India
  • *Chersonesometrus beccaloniae (Kovarik, 2004) India
  • *Chersonesometrus fulvipes (C. L. Koch, 1837) India, ?Pakistan
  • *Chersonenometrus hendersoni Prendini & Loria, 2020 India
  • *Chersonesometrus madraspatensis Pocock, 1900 India
  • *Chersonenometrus nathanorum Prendini & Loria, 2020 India
  • *Chersonenometrus pelekomanus (Couzijn, 1981) India
  • *Chersonenometrus shivashankari Prendini & Loria, 2020 India
  • *Chersonesometrus tristis (Henderson, 1919) India
  • *Chersonesometrus wroughtoni (Pocock, 1899) India

Genus Deccanometrus Prendini & Loria, 2020

  • Deccanometrus bengalensis (C. L. Koch, 1841) India, China, Nepal, ?Bangladesh
  • *Deccanometrus latimanus (Pocock, 1894) Pakistan
  • *Deccanometrus liurus (Pocock, 1897) India
  • *Deccanometrus obscurus (Couzijn, 1981) India
  • *Deccanometrus phipsoni (Pocock, 1893) India
  • *Deccanometrus ubicki Kovarik, 2004 India
  • *Deccanometrus xanthopus (Pocock, 1897) India

Genus Gigantometrus Couzijn, 1978

  • *Gigantometrus swammerdami (Simon, 1872) India
  • *Gigantometrus titanicus (Couzijn, 1981) Sri Lanka

Genus Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828

  • Heterometrus cimrmani Kovarik, 2004 Malaysia, Thailand
  • Heterometrus glaucus (Thorell, 1876) India, Indonesia
  • Heterometrus laoticus Couzijn, 1981 Laos, Thailand
  • Heterometrus longimanus (Herbst 1800) Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, India, Malaysia
  • *Heterometrus minotaurus Pliskova, Kovarik, Kosulic & St’ahlavsky, 2016 Thailand
  • Heterometrus petersii (Thorell, 1876) Malaysia, Singapore
  • Heterometrus silenus (Simon, 1884) Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Heterometrus spinifer (Ehrenberg, 1828) Malaysia, Thailand
  • *Heterometrus thorellii (Pocock, 1892) Myanmar

Genus Javanimetrus Couzijn, 1981

  • Javanimetrus cyaneus (C.L. Koch, 1836) ?Singapore, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Nepal

Genus Jordanius Al-Saraireh, Yagmur, Abu Afifeh & Amr, 2024

  • *Jordanius granulomanus (Abu Afifeh, Yagmur, Al-Saraireh, & Amr, 2023) Jordania
  • *Jordanius maysaraensis  Abu Afifeh, Yagmur, Al-Saraireh, & Amr, 2024 Jordania

Genus Pandiborellius Rossi, 2015

  • *Pandiborellius arabicus (Kraepelin, 1894) Yemen
  • *Pandiborellius percivali (Pocock, 1902) Yemen

Genus Sahyadrimetrus Prendini & Loria, 2020

  • *Sahyadrimetrus barberi (Pocock, 1900) India
  • *Sahyadrimetrus kanarensis (Pocock, 1900) India
  • *Sahyadrimetrus mathewi Prendini & Loria, 2020 India
  • *Sahyadrimetrus rugosus (Couzijn, 1981) India
  • *Sahyadrimetrus scaber (Thorell, 1876) India
  • *Sahyadrimetrus tikaderi Prendini & Loria, 2020 India

Genus Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758

  • Scorpio fuscus (Ehrenberg, 1829) ?Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Israel/Palestina, Jordania, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  • *Scorpio jordanensis Abu Afifeh, Yagmur, Al-Saraireh, & Amr, 2024 Jordania
  • Scorpio kruglovi (Birula, 1910) Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, Syria, Turkey
  • Scorpio maurus Linnaeus, 1758 Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Israel/Palestina, Jordania, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, Yemen
  • *Scorpio maurus townsendi (Pocock, 1900) Iran
  • Scorpio palmatus (Ehrenberg, 1829) ?Saudi Arabia, ?Syria, Israel/Palestina
  • *Scorpio wahbehi Abu Afifeh, Yagmur, Al-Saraireh, & Amr, 2024 Jordania

Genus Srilankametrus Couzijn, 1981

  • *Srilankametrus caesar (C.L. Koch, 1841) India
  • *Srilankametrus couzijni Prendini & Loria, 2020 India
  • *Srilankametrus gravimanus  (Pocock, 1894) Sri Lanka
  • *Srilankametrus indus (DeGeer, 1778) Sri Lanka
  • *Srilankametrus serratus (Pocock, 1900) Sri Lanka
  • *Srilankametrus yaleensis Kovarik, Ranawana, Sanjeewa Jayarathne, Hoferek & St’ahlavsky, 2019 Sri Lanka

 

SCORPIOPIDAE Kraepelin, 1905

 Genus Parascorpiops Banks, 1928

  • *Parascorpiops montanus  Banks, 1928 Malaysia

Genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861

  • Scorpiops affinis Kraepelin, 1898 India, Nepal
  • *Scorpiops afghanus Lourenço & Qi, 2006 Afghanistan
  • *Scorpiops alexandreannorum Lourenço, 2013 Laos
  • *Scorpiops anthracinus (Simon, 1887) Myanmar
  • *Scorpiops artemisae Kovarik, Kosulic, Stahlavsky, Pliskova, Dongkhamfu & Wongprom, 2015 Myanmar
  • Scorpiops asthenurus (Pocock, 1900) Bhutan, China, India
  • *Scorpiops atomatus Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005 China
  • *Scorpiops bastawadei Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops beccaloniae Kovarik, 2005 Myanmar
  • Scorpiops bhutanensis (Tikader & Bastawade, 1983) Bhutan, China
  • Scorpiops binghamii (Pocock, 1893) Myanmar, Thailand
  • *Scorpiops birulai Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops braunwalderi Kovarik, 2000 India
  • *Scorpiops calmonti Lourenço, 2013 Laos
  • *Scorpiops cavernicola Lourenço & Pham, 2013 Vietnam
  • *Scorpiops chiangmai Lourenço, 2019 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops ciki Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Myanmar
  • *Scorpiops citadelle Kovarik, 2013 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops dakrong Lourenço & Pham, 2014 Vietnam
  • *Scorpiops dastychi Kovarik, 2000 India
  • *Scorpiops deccanensis (Tikader & Bastawade, 1983) India
  • *Scorpiops demisi Kovarik, 2005 India
  • *Scorpiops deshpandei Tang, Ouyang, Liu & St’ahlavsky, 2024 China
  • *Scorpiops dii Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020  Thailand
  • *Scorpiops dunlopi Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Thailand
  • Scorpiops farkaci Kovarik, 1993 Thailand, Vietnam
  • *Scorpiops feti Kovarik, 2000 India
  • *Scorpiops furai Kovarik, 2020 India
  • Scorpiops grandjeani Vachon, 1974 Malaysia, Thailand
  • *Scorpiops grosseri  Kovarik, 2020 India
  • Scorpiops hardwickii (Gervais, 1843) China, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan
  • *Scorpiops harmsi Kovarik, 2020 Nepal
  • *Scorpiops hofereki Kovarik, 2020 Pakistan
  • *Scorpiops ingens Yin, Zhang, Pan, Li & Di, 2015 China
  • *Scorpiops irenae Kovarik, 1994 Nepal
  • *Scorpiops jendeki Kovarik, 2000 China
  • *Scorpiops kaftani (Kovarik, 1993) Vietnam
  • Scorpiops kamengensis (Bastawade, 2006) China, India
  • *Scorpiops kautti Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops kejvali Kovarik, 2020 India
  • *Scorpiops kovariki Tang, Ouyang, Liu & St’ahlavsky, 2024 China
  • *Scorpiops krabiensis Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops krachan Nawanetiwong, Kosulic, Warrit, Lourenço & Ythier, 2024 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops kubani Kovarik, 2004 Laos
  • *Scorpiops langxian Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005 China
  • Scorpiops leptochirus Pocock, 1893 Bangladesh, China, India
  • *Scorpiops lhasa Di & Zhu, 2009 China
  • *Scorpiops lii (Di & Qiao, 2020) China
  • Scorpiops lindbergi (Vachon, 1980) Afghanistan, Pakistan
  • *Scorpiops lioneli Sulakhe, Deshpande, Dandekar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2021 India
  • Scorpiops longimanus (Pocock, 1893) Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  • *Scorpiops lourencoi Lv & Di, 2022 China
  • *Scorpiops lowei Tang, 2022 China
  • *Scorpiops luridus Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005 China
  • *Scorpiops maharashtraensis Mirza, Sanap & Upadhye, 2014 India
  • *Scorpiops margerisonae Kovarik, 2000 China
  • *Scorpiops matthewi Tang, Ouyang, Liu & St’ahlavsky, 2024 China
  • Scorpiops montanus (Karsch, 1879) India, Pakistan
  • *Scorpiops nagphani Sulakhe, Deshpande, Dandekar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2021 India
  • *Scorpiops neera Sulakhe, Deshpande, Dandekar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2021 India
  • *Scorpiops neradi Kovarik, Pliskova & St’ahlavsky, 2013 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops novaki (Kovarik, 2005) China
  • Scorpiops oligotrichus Fage, 1933 Laos, Vietnam
  • *Scorpiops orioni Kovarik, Kosulic, Stahlavsky, Pliskova, Dongkhamfu & Wongprom, 2015 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops pachmarhicus Bastawade, 1992 India
  • *Scorpiops pakistanus Kovarik & Ahmed, 2009 Pakistan
  • *Scorpiops pakseensis Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Laos
  • Scorpiops petersii Pocock, 1893 Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan
  • *Scorpiops phaltanensis Sulakhe, Sayyed, Deshpande, Dandekar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2020 India
  • *Scorpiops phatoensis Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops piceus Lourenço & Ythier, 2022 Laos
  • *Scorpiops prasiti Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops problematicus Kovarik, 2000 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops profusus Lourenço, 2017 Myanmar
  • *Scorpiops pseudomontanus Kovarik & Ahmed, 2009 Pakistan
  • *Scorpiops puerensis (Di, Wu, Cao, Xiao & Li, 2010) China
  • *Scorpiops rohtangensis Mani, 1959 India
  • *Scorpiops rufus Lv & Di, 2023 China
  • *Scorpiops satarensis (Pocock, 1900) India
  • *Scorpiops scheibeae Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops schumacheri Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops sejnai Kovarik, 2000 Vietnam
  • *Scorpiops sherwoodae Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops shidian Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005 China
  • *Scorpiops solegladi Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Vietnam
  • *Scorpiops solidus Karsch, 1879 India
  • *Scorpiops songi Di & Qiao, 2020 China
  • *Scorpiops spitiensis Zambre, Sanap & Mirza, 2014 India
  • *Scorpiops tangae Kovarik, St’ahlavsky & Stockmann, 2024 Laos
  • *Scorpiops taxkorgan Lourenço, 2018 China
  • *Scorpiops telbaila Sulakhe, Deshpande, Dandekar, Ketkar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2020 India
  • *Scorpiops tenuicauda (Pocock, 1894) India
  • *Scorpiops thailandus Kovarik, Lowe, Stockmann & St’ahlavsky, 2020 Thailand
  • *Scorpiops thaomischorum Kovarik, 2012 Vietnam
  • *Scorpiops tibetanus Hirst, 1911 China
  • *Scorpiops tongtongi Tang, 2022 China
  • *Scorpiops troglodytes Lourenço & Pham, 2015 Vietnam
  • *Scorpiops tryznai Kovarik, 2020 India
  • *Scorpiops vachoni (Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005) China
  • *Scorpiops validus Di, Cao, Wu & Li, 2010 China
  • *Scorpiops viktoriae Lourenço & Kosulic, 2018 Myanmar
  • Scorpiops vonwicki Birula, 1913 China, India
  • *Scorpiops vrushchik Sulakhe, Deshpande, Dandekar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2021 India
  • Scorpiops wongpromi Kovarik, Soleglad & Kosulic, 2013 Laos, Thailand
  • *Scorpiops wrzecionkoi Kovarik, 2020 China
  • *Scorpiops xui (Sun & Zhu, 2010) China
  • *Scorpiops yagmuri Kovarik, 2020 Pakistan
  • *Scorpiops yangi (Zhu, Zhang & Lourenço, 2007) China
  • *Scorpiops zhangshuyuani Ythier, 2019 China
  • *Scorpiops zhui Lv, Lourenço & Di, 2023 China
  • *Scorpiops zubairahmedi Kovarik & Ahmed, 2009 Pakistan
  • *Scorpiops zubairi Kovarik, 2020 Pakistan
Countries Families Genera (endemic) Species Endemic species Subspecies (endemic)
Afghanistan 3 11 (1) 31 19
Saudi Arabia 4 17 36 12
Armenia 1 4 4 1
Azerbaidjan 2 4 6 1
Bahreïn 1 3 3 0
Bangladesh 4 4 5 0
Bhutan 1 1 4 0
Brunei 2 2 2 0
Cambodia 3 4 6 1
China 6 14 (3) 58 41
Korea S. & N. 2 2 2 0
United Arab Emirates 2 10 15 2
Georgia 2 4 4 0
India 7 28 (6) 154 133
Indonesia 4 9 30 12
Iraq 5 14 21 4
Iran 4 20 (2) 89 62 1 (1)
Israel/Palestina 4 11 (1) 22 3 1
Japan 2 3 3 0
Jordania 3 12 (1) 27 10 2 (1)
Kazakhstan 1 5 9 1
Kirghizistan 1 1 1 0
Kuwait 2 5 6 1
Laos 5 8 (2) 20 14
Lebanon 3 7 9 0 1
Malaysia 5 10 (2) 32 14
Maldives 1 1 1 0
Mongolia 1 2 3 0
Myanmar 5 7 18 12
Nepal 5 8 15 5
Oman 3 18 (2) 41 25
Uzbekistan 2 6 19 7
Pakistan 3 18 (2) 48 31 1 (1)
Philippines 4 7 13 5
Qatar 2 3 4 0
Singapore 3 3 4 0
Sri Lanka 4 10 20 17
Syria 3 11 19 1 2 (1)
Tajikistan 2 6 11 1
Taiwan 1 1 1 0
Thailande 5 8 43 29
Timor Est 2 2 2 0
Turkmenistan 1 7 (1) 12 4
Turkey 4 18 (1) 52 29
Vietnam 6 8 (1) 30 23
Yemen 5 21 39 22
TOTAL 13 88 (25) 688 533 7 (4)
Family Genera Species (endemic)
Akravidae 1 1 (1)
Ananteridae 1 2 (1)
Buthidae 47 387 (277)
Chaerilidae 2 56 (50)
Diplocentridae 2 12 (10)
Euscorpiidae 3 25 (17)
Hémiscorpiidae 1 12 (10)
Hormuridae 6 22 (18)
Iuridae 7 11 6)
Pseudochactidae 5 7 (6)
Rugodentidae 1 1 (1)
Scorpionidae 10 52 (37)
Scorpiopidae 2 113 (100)
TOTAL 88 689 (534)