| Isometrus thurstoni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Isometrus |
| Species: | I. thurstoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Isometrus thurstoni (Pocock, 1893) | |
Isometrus thurstoni is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae. [1] The newly discovered Isometrus species, Isometrus kovariki , from the Western Ghats region of India, is closely related. [2]
The Buthidae are the largest family of scorpions, containing about 96 genera and over 1230 species as of 2021. Its members are known as, for example, fat-tailed scorpions and bark scorpions. A few very large genera are known, but a high number of species-poor or monotypic ones also exist. New taxa are being described at a rate of several new species per year. They occur in the warmer parts of every major landmass on Earth, except Antarctica and New Zealand. Together with four other families, the Buthidae make up the superfamily Buthoidea. The family was established by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837.
Hottentotta is a genus of scorpions of the family Buthidae. It is distributed widely across Africa, except for most of the Sahara desert. Species in the genus also occur in the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, southeastern Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Cape Verde Islands, and Sri Lanka (introduced).
Isometrus is a genus of scorpion belonging and being eponymous to the family Buthidae.
Isometrus maculatus is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae, commonly called in English the lesser brown scorpion. Its distribution is pantropical; it is an introduced species in Hawaii.
Isometrus acanthurus is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Isometrus acanthurus is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Isometrus basilicus is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Isometrus acanthurus is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Isometrus corbeti is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Isometrus thwaitesi is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Isometrus vittatus is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Isometrus isadensis is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Isometrus khammamensis is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Isometrus kurkai is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Isometrus petrzelkai is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Isometrus problematicus is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Isometrus heimi is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Isometrus loebli is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Isometrus kovariki is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae. It was identified in and currently found only in a small region of Southern Karnataka, in an Acacia auriculiformis plantation, and it is closely related to Isometrus thurstoni, a species of scorpion endemic to the Western Ghats region of India.
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