Teruel, Rolando;Fet, Victor;de Armas, Luis F.
Euscorpius
Sign in to saveEuscorpius 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 – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderScorpiones
- FamilyEuscorpiidae
Euscorpius ist die einzige weitgehend auf Europa beschränkte Gattung der Skorpione (Scorpiones) mit im Jahr 2010 17 anerkannten Arten. Alle Arten der Gattung sind für den Menschen weitgehend harmlos.
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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 – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.
The most common members belong to the E. carpathicus species complex, which makes up the subgenus Euscorpius. This group is widespread from North Africa and Spain to temperate Eurasia from England and northern France through the Czech Republic to Russia.
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