Scorpio is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae. The species in this genus are found in northern Africa and western Asia.
Species Scorpio was regarded as a monotypic genus for a long time, containing one widespread and highly variable species, S. maurus, which had many subspecies. It has since been recognised that within S. maurus sensu lato there were a number of taxa which should be regarded as valid species and new species have been described from sub-Saharan Africa:
The genus Scorpio includes:
Scorpio atakor Ythier, Sadine, Bengaid & Lourenço, 2024 Scorpio atlasensis Khammassi, Harris & Sadine, 2023 Scorpio birulai Fet, 1997 Scorpio ennedi Lourenço, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012 Scorpio fuliginosus (Pallary, 1928) Scorpio fuscus (Ehrenberg, 1829) Scorpio hesperus Birula, 1910 Scorpio iznassen Ythier & Francois, 2023 Scorpio jordanensis Afifeh, Yagmur, Al-Saraireh & Amr, 2024 Abu Afifeh, B., Yağmur, E. A., Al–Saraireh, M., & Amr, Z. 2024 . Revision of the genus Scorpio in Jordan, with a description of a new genus and three new species (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). Euscorpius, No. 391: 1-66 Scorpio karakurti Yagmur, 2024 Scorpio kruglovi Birula, 1910 Scorpio maurus Linnaeus, 1758 Scorpio maurus arabicus (Pocock, 1900) Scorpio maurus behringsi Schenkel, 1949 [Nomen dubium] Scorpio maurus maurus Linnaeus, 1758 Scorpio maurus stemmleri Schenkel, 1949 [Nomen dubium] Scorpio maurus towsendi (Pocock, 1900) Scorpio mogadorensis Birula, 1910 Scorpio moulouya Ythier & Francois, 2023 Scorpio niger Lourenço & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012 Scorpio occidentalis Werner, 1936 Scorpio palmatus (Ehrenberg, 1828) Scorpio propinquus (Simon, 1872) [Nomen dubium] Scorpio punicus Fet, 2000 Scorpio savanicola Lourenço, 2009 Scorpio sirnakensis Yagmur, 2024 Scorpio sudanensis Lourenço & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2009 Scorpio tassili Lourenço & Rossi, 2016 Scorpio touili Ythier & Francois, 2023 Scorpio trarasensis Bouisset & Larrouy, 1962 Scorpio wahbehi Afifeh, Yagmur, Al-Saraireh & Amr, 2024 Abu Afifeh, B., Yağmur, E. A., Al–Saraireh, M., & Amr, Z. 2024 . Revision of the genus Scorpio in Jordan, with a description of a new genus and three new species (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). Euscorpius, No. 391: 1-66 Scorpio weidholzi Werner, 1929 Scorpio yemenensis Werner, 1936
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