| Reddyanus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Reddyanus Vachon, 1972 |
| Type species | |
| Isometrus acanthurus Pocock, 1899 | |
| Diversity | |
| 33 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Reddyanus is a genus of buthid scorpions native to Oriental region from India, Sri Lanka, China: Tibet, to Melanesia. [1] The genus was previously described as a subgenus of Isometrus . [2] [3] [4] [5]
They are medium sized buthid scorpions, where the adults range from 19 to 75 mm in length. Sternum type 1 is triangular in shape. Pedipalps are orthobothriotaxic. They have three to five pairs of lateral eyes. Tibial spurs are absent on all legs. Pedipalp movable finger consists with six rows of granules. Cheliceral fixed finger is with a single ventral denticle. Third and fourth legs consists with tibial spurs. Tibia and tarsomeres of legs I to III with setae are not arranged into bristle combs dorsally. Mesosoma has one median carina dorsally. Telson consists with subaculear tooth which is pointed or rounded. Males have longer metasomal segments and a wider pedipalp chela manus than females. [6]
Chaerilus is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus Electrochaerilus is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
Isometrus is a genus of scorpion belonging and being eponymous to the family Buthidae. Some species are currently assigned to the genus Reddyanus.
Isometrus maculatus, commonly as the lesser brown scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae. Its distribution is pantropical; it is an introduced species in Hawaii.
Reddyanus basilicus is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Reddyanus besucheti is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae endemic to Sri Lanka.
Isometrus thwaitesi is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae endemic to Sri Lanka.
Reddyanus loebli is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.
Buthoscorpio sarasinorum is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is not known fatal to humans.
Chaerilus ceylonensis is a species of scorpion in Chaerilidae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Srilankametrus gravimanus is a species of scorpion belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka.
Srilankametrus indus, commonly known as the giant forest scorpion, is a species of scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka.
Buthoscorpio is a genus of scorpions in the family Buthidae.
Lychas is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
Charmus is a genus of buthid scorpions native to India and Sri Lanka.
Charmus saradieli is a species of non-venomous scorpion in the family Buthidae endemic to Sri Lanka.
Reddyanus ceylonensis is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae endemic to Sri Lanka.
Reddyanus jayarathnei is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae endemic to Sri Lanka.
Reddyanus ranawanai is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae endemic to Sri Lanka.
Heterometrus serratus is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae endemic to Sri Lanka where it is restricted to southern parts.
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