List of scorpions of Trinidad and Tobago

This is a list of the scorpions of Trinidad and Tobago. The first synopsis of the scorpion fauna came from E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering in 1966 with a total of 8 species. Work by Oscar Franke and Julius Boos, Wilson R. Lourenço & D. Huber and Lorenzo Prendini brought the total to ten species with eight on Trinidad and six on Tobago. Of the ten species seven are endemic to the islands.

Buthidae Ananteris cussinii Borelli, 1910 – Trinidad and Tobago and northern South America Microtityus rickyi Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966 – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago Microtityus starri Lourenço & Huber, 1999 – endemic to Tobago Tityus clathratus C. L. Koch, 1844 – Trinidad and northern South America Tityus tenuicauda Prendini, 2001 – endemic to Trinidad Tityus melanostictus Pocock, 1893 – Trinidad and northern South America Tityus trinitatis Pocock, 1897 – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago

Chactidae Broteochactas laui Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966 – endemic to Tobago Broteochactas nitidus Pocock, 1893 – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago Chactas raymondhansorum Francke & Boos, 1986 – endemic to Trinidad and Tobago

References

See also Natural history of Trinidad and Tobago