Centruroides
Centruroides Temporal range:
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Striped bark scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Buthidae |
Genus: | Centruroides Marx, 1890 |
Diversity | |
About 70 species |
Centruroides is a genus of scorpions of the family Buthidae. Several North American species are known by the common vernacular name bark scorpion. Numerous species are extensively found throughout the southern United States, Mexico, Central America, the Antilles and northern South America.[1] Some are known for their interesting patterning or large size (among Buthidae); most if not all fluoresce strongly under ultraviolet illumination, except after moulting. They contain several highly venomous species, and fatalities are known to occur. The venom of the Mexican scorpion Centruroides limpidus limpidus contains the neurotoxins Cll1 and Cll2.
Taxonomy[]
The number of species accepted as valid may vary, depending on the authority. The genus is highly speciose, containing at least 70 species:[2][3]
- Centruroides alayoni Armas, 1999
- Centruroides anchorellus Armas, 1976
- Centruroides arctimanus (Armas, 1976)
- Centruroides baergi Hoffmann, 1932
- Ponce & Francke, 2004
- Armas & Marcano Fondeur, 1987
- Centruroides baracoae Armas, 1976
- Centruroides barbudensis (Pockock, 1898)
- (Thorell, 1876)
- Centruroides bicolor (Pocock, 1898)
- Teruel and Myers, 2017
- Centruroides chamulaensis Hoffmann, 1932
- Centruroides chiapanensis Hoffmann, 1932
- (Gervais, 1843)
- Centruroides elegans (Thorell, 1876)
- Centruroides exilicauda (Wood, 1863)
- Teruel & Stockwell, 2002
- (Meise, 1934)
- Armas & Trujillo, 2010
- Centruroides farri Armas, 1976
- Centruroides flavopictus (Pocock, 1898)
- Centruroides fulvipes (Pocock, 1898)
- Teruel, 2001
- Centruroides gracilis (Latreille, 1804)
- (Thorell, 1876)
- Franganillo, 1930
- (Banks, 1900)
- Teurel, 2011
- Ponce-Saavedra & Francke, 2009
- Centruroides hoffmanni Armas, 1996
- (C. L. Koch, 1844)
- (Thorell, 1876)
- Centruroides jaragua Armas, 1999
- Santiago-Blay, 2009
- Kraepelin, 1911
- Centruroides limbatus (Pocock, 1898)
- (Karsch, 1879)
- Centruroides luceorum Armas, 1999
- Lourenço, 1983
- Centruroides marcanoi Armas, 1981
- (Gervais, 1841)
- Santiago-Blay, 2009
- Centruroides meisei Hoffmann, 1939
- Teruel, 2001
- Mello-Leitao, 1945
- Teruel, 2001
- Centruroides nigrescens (Pocock, 1898)
- Centruroides nigrimanus (Pocock, 1898)
- Teruel, 2006
- Centruroides nigrovariatus (Pocock, 1898)
- (Thorell, 1876)
- Centruroides noxius Hoffmann, 1932
- Centruroides ochraceus (Pocock, 1898)
- Armas & Martin-Frias, 2003
- Centruroides ornatus Pocock, 1902
- Centruroides pallidiceps Pocock, 1902
- Centruroides platnicki Armas, 1981
- Sissom & Francke, 1983
- Teruel, 2007
- Sissom, 1995
- Centruroides robertoi Armas, 1976
- Santiago-Blay, 2009
- Sissom, 1995
- Centruroides sculpturatus Ewing, 1928
- Santibanez-Lopez & Ponce-Saavedra, 2009
- Centruroides sissomi Armas, 1996
- Teruel, 2006
- Teruel, 2001
- Centruroides suffusus Pocock, 1902
- Centruroides tecomanus Hoffmann, 1932
- (De Geer, 1778)
- (Kraepelin, 1891)
- Centruroides tuxtla Armas, 1999
- Centruroides underwoodi Armas, 1976
- Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821)
References[]
- ^ Sissom, W. D. & W. O. Lourenço (1987). "The genus Centruroides in South America (Scorpiones, Buthidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 15: 11–28.
- ^ Rein, J. O. (2010). "Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837". The Scorpion Files. Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
- ^ Teruel, R. & F. Kovařík (2010). "The true identity of the enigmatic scorpion Centruroides subgranosus (Kraepelin, 1898), with some taxonomic comments on Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821) and Centruroides suffusus Pocock, 1902 (Scorpiones: Buthidae)" (PDF). Euscorpius. 97: 1–9.
- Centruroides
- Scorpions of South America