| Smeringurus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Vaejovidae |
| Genus: | Smeringurus |
| Species | |
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Smeringurus is a small genus of scorpions native to Mexico and the southwestern United States within the family Vaejovidae . [1] [2] It is closely related to the genus Paruroctonus , of which it was formerly considered a subgenus. [3] [4]
List according to The Scorpion Files: [5]
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always ending with a stinger. The evolutionary history of scorpions goes back 435 million years. They mainly live in deserts but have adapted to a wide range of environmental conditions, and can be found on all continents except Antarctica. There are over 2,500 described species, with 22 extant (living) families recognized to date. Their taxonomy is being revised to account for 21st-century genomic studies.
Paravaejovis spinigerus, commonly known as the stripe-tailed scorpion or the "devil" scorpion, is very common and widely distributed in Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. This species is one of larger members of the genus Paravaejovis, which also includes Paravaejovis confusus.
The Buthidae are the largest family of scorpions, containing about 80 genera and over 800 species as of mid-2008. 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 to several dozen new species per year. They occur in the warmer parts of every major landmass on Earth, except on New Zealand. Together with four other families the Buthidae make up the superfamily Buthoidea. The family was established by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837.
Hoffmannius is a genus of scorpions in the family Vaejovidae. It comprises the following species:
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).
The Vaejovidae are a family of scorpions, comprising 17 genera, all except for Paruroctonus boreus(the northernmost scorpions in the world, present in Canada) found in Mexico and the Southern/Southwestern United States.
Uintascorpio is an extinct genus of scorpion in the family Buthidae and containing the single species Uintascorpio halandrasorum. The species is known only from the Middle Eocene Parachute Member, part of the Green River Formation, in the Piceance Creek Basin, Garfield County, northwestern Colorado, USA.
Vaejovis is a genus of scorpions.
Superstitionia donensis is a species of scorpion, the only species in the genus Superstitionia and the family Superstitioniidae.
Diplocentridae is a family of scorpions. The roughly 120 species are mostly native to the New World, except for genus Nebo, which is distributed in the Middle East.
Hadrurus is a genus of scorpions which belongs to the family Caraboctonidae. They are found in sandy deserts and other xeric habitats in northwestern Mexico and in southwest United States. They are among the largest of all scorpion genera, only surpassed by Hadogenes, Pandinus, Heterometrus and Hoffmannihadrurus.
Paruroctonus silvestrii, the California common scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae.
Paruroctonus is a genus of scorpions in the family Vaejovidae. There are about 8 described species in Paruroctonus.
Calchas is a genus of scorpions in the family Iuridae. At least four species in Calchas are described.
Kovarikia, is a genus of scorpion belonging to the family Scorpionidae. All described species are restricted to humid rocky microhabitats of southern California. Three species identified.
Vaejovis carolinianus, the southern unstriped scorpion, also known as the Southern Devil Scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae.
Paravaejovis is a genus of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae. There are about 11 described species in Paravaejovis.
Uroctonus is a genus of forest scorpions in the family Vaejovidae. There are at least four described species in Uroctonus.
Maaykuyak is a genus of scorpions in the family Vaejovidae, native to Mexico and Texas.
Serradigitus is a genus of sawfinger scorpions in the family Vaejovidae. There are more than 20 described species in Serradigitus.
Smeringurus has been treated as a separate genus (Stockwell, 1992), without data for justification beyond that provided originally by Haradon. We feel that the situation requires further study, but have listed Smeringurus as a separate genus here.
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