Alpiscorpius

Alpiscorpius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Euscorpiidae
Genus:	Alpiscorpius ; Gantenbein et al., 1999

Last updated November 24, 2025

Alpiscorpius is a genus of scorpions in the family Euscorpiidae that was first described by Benjamin Gantenbein, Victor Fet, Carlo Largiader & Adolf Scholl in 1999.^[1]

Species

Alpiscorpius contains the following twenty eight species:^[2]

Alpiscorpius alpha (Caporiaco, 1950)
Alpiscorpius beta (Caporiacco, 1950)
Alpiscorpius caporiaccoi (Bonacina, 1980)
Alpiscorpius croaticus (Caporiacco, 1950)
Alpiscorpius delta Kovarik, Stundlova, Fet & Stahlavsky, 2019
Alpiscorpius dinaricus (Caporiacco, 1950)
Alpiscorpius gamma (Caporiaco, 1950)
Alpiscorpius germanus (C.L. Koch, 1837)
Alpiscorpius huyukensis Yagmur, 2025
Alpiscorpius idaeus (Yağmur & Tropea, 2017)
Alpiscorpius istanbulensis Tropea, Yağmur & Parmakelis, 2024
Alpiscorpius kappa Kovarik, Stundlova, Fet & Stahlavsky, 2019
Alpiscorpius karamani Tropea, 2021
Alpiscorpius lambda Kovarik, Stundlova, Fet & Stahlavsky, 2019
Alpiscorpius liburnicus Tvrtković & Rebrina, 2022^[3]
Alpiscorpius mingrelicus (Kessler, 1874)
Alpiscorpius omega Kovarik, Stundlova, Fet & Stahlavsky, 2019
Alpiscorpius omikron Kovarik, Stundlova, Fet & Stahlavsky, 2019
Alpiscorpius orgeli Yağmur, 2024
Alpiscorpius pavicevici Tropea, 2021
Alpiscorpius phrygius (Bonacina, 1980)
Alpiscorpius sigma Kovarik, Stundlova, Fet & Stahlavsky, 2019
Alpiscorpius sultanensis (Tropea & Yagmur, 2016)
Alpiscorpius tropeai Yagmur, 2025
Alpiscorpius uludagensis (Lacroix, 1995)
Alpiscorpius victori Yağmur, 2025
Alpiscorpius ypsilon Kovarik, Stundlova, Fet & Stahlavsky, 2019
Alpiscorpius zloporubovici Tropea, 2021

References

↑ Gantenbein, Benjamin; Fet, Victor; Largiader, Carlo; Scholl, Adolf (1999). "First DNA phylogeny of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) and its bearing on taxonomy and biogeography of this genus". Biogeographica. 75 (2): 49–65. ISSN 1165-6638.
↑ Rein, Jan Ove (2025). "Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
↑ Podnar, Martina; Tvrtković, Nikola; Vuković, Marijana; Rebrina, Fran; Grbac, Irena; Hörweg, Christoph (2022-12-30). "Alpiscorpius liburnicus sp. n. with a note on the "Alpiscorpius croaticus group" (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) in Croatia". Natura Croatica: Periodicum Musei Historiae Naturalis Croatici. 31 (2): 265–282. doi: 10.20302/NC.2022.31.19 . ISSN 1330-0520. S2CID 256182334.

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[1] Gantenbein, Benjamin; Fet, Victor; Largiader, Carlo; Scholl, Adolf (1999). "First DNA phylogeny of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) and its bearing on taxonomy and biogeography of this genus". Biogeographica. 75 (2): 49–65. ISSN 1165-6638.

[2] Rein, Jan Ove (2025). "Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 23 November 2025.

[3] Podnar, Martina; Tvrtković, Nikola; Vuković, Marijana; Rebrina, Fran; Grbac, Irena; Hörweg, Christoph (2022-12-30). "Alpiscorpius liburnicus sp. n. with a note on the "Alpiscorpius croaticus group" (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) in Croatia". Natura Croatica: Periodicum Musei Historiae Naturalis Croatici. 31 (2): 265–282. doi: 10.20302/NC.2022.31.19 . ISSN 1330-0520. S2CID 256182334.

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