Bothriuridae

The Bothriuridae are a family of scorpions, comprising 151 species in 16 genera.

The family has representatives in temperate and subtropical habitats from four continents: South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. One genus (Cercophonius) has recently been discovered in the Himalayas.

The members of this family have a unique feature - the normally pentagonal sternum consists of two transverse bars (except Liposoma and Tehuankea) and is several times broader than long.

Genus and species

 * Bothriurus Peters, 1861
 * Bothriurus araguayae Vellard, 1934
 * Bothriurus asper Pocock, 1893
 * Bothriurus bertae Abalos, 1955
 * Bothriurus bocki Kraepelin, 1911
 * Bothriurus bonariensis (C. L. Koch, 1842)
 * Bothriurus buecherli San Martín, 1934
 * Bothriurus burmeisteri Kraepelin, 1894
 * Bothriurus ceii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2007
 * Bothriurus cerradoensis Lourenço et al., 2004
 * Bothriurus chacoensis Maury & Acosta, 1993
 * Bothriurus chilensis (Molina, 1782)
 * Bothriurus cordubensis Acosta, 1955
 * Bothriurus coriaceus Pocock, 1893
 * Bothriurus dumayi (Cekalovic, 1974)
 * Bothriurus flavidus Kraepelin, 1911
 * Bothriurus guarani Maury, 1984
 * Bothriurus huincul Mattoni, 2007
 * Bothriurus illudens Mello-Leitão, 1947
 * Bothriurus inermis Maury, 1981
 * Bothriurus jesuita Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
 * Bothriurus keyserlingi Pocock, 1893
 * Bothriurus maculatus Kraepelin, 1911
 * Bothriurus mochaensis Cekalovic, 1982
 * Bothriurus moojeni Mello-Leitão, 1945
 * Bothriurus nendai Ojanguren Affilastro & Garcia-Mauro, 2010
 * Bothriurus noa Maury, 1984
 * Bothriurus olaen Acosta, 1997
 * Bothriurus pampa Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
 * Bothriurus patagonicus Maury, 1968
 * Bothriurus pichicuy Mattoni, 2002
 * Bothriurus picunche Mattoni, 2002
 * Bothriurus pora Mattoni & Acosta, 2005
 * Bothriurus prospicuus Mello-Leitão, 1932
 * Bothriurus rochai Mello-Leitão, 1932
 * Bothriurus rochensis San Martín, 1965
 * Bothriurus rubescens Mello-Leitão, 1947
 * Bothriurus sanctacrucis Mattoni, 2007
 * Bothriurus signatus Pocock, 1893
 * Bothriurus sooretamensis San Martín, 1966
 * Bothriurus trivittatus Werner, 1939
 * Bothriurus vachoni San Martín, 1968
 * Bothriurus vittatus (Guerin Meneville, 1838)
 * Bothriurus voyati Maury, 1973
 * Bothriurus ypsilon Mello-Leitão, 1935
 * Brachistosternus Pocock, 1893
 * Brachistosternus aconcagua Ojanguren Affilastro & Luisa-Scioscia, 2007
 * Brachistosternus alienus Lönnberg, 1898
 * Brachistosternus andinus Chamberlin, 1916
 * Brachistosternus angustimanus Ojanguren Affilastro & Roig Alsina, 2001
 * Brachistosternus artigasi Cekalovic, 1974
 * Brachistosternus castroi Mello-Leitão, 1940
 * Brachistosternus cekalovici Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005
 * Brachistosternus cepedai Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2007
 * Brachistosternus chango Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2007
 * Brachistosternus chilensis Kraepelin, 1911
 * Brachistosternus coquimbo Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2007
 * Brachistosternus donosoi Cekalovic, 1974
 * Brachistosternus ehrenbergii (Gervais, 1841)
 * Brachistosternus ferrugineus (Thorell, 1876)
 * Brachistosternus galianoae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
 * Brachistosternus holmbergi Carbonell, 1923 [nomen dubium]
 * Brachistosternus intermedius Lönnberg, 1902
 * Brachistosternus kamanchaca Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2007
 * Brachistosternus kovariki Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
 * Brachistosternus mattonii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2005
 * Brachistosternus montanus Roig Alsina, 1977
 * Brachistosternus multidentatus Maury, 1984
 * Brachistosternus negrei Cekalovic, 1975
 * Brachistosternus ninapo Ochoa, 2004
 * Brachistosternus ochoai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2004
 * Brachistosternus paulae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
 * Brachistosternus pegnai Cekalovic, 1969
 * Brachistosternus pentheri Mello-Leitão, 1931
 * Brachistosternus perettii Ojanguren Affilastro & Mattoni, 2006
 * Brachistosternus peruvianus Toledo Piza, 1974
 * Brachistosternus piacentinii Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
 * Brachistosternus prendini Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003
 * Brachistosternus quiscapata Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
 * Brachistosternus roigalsinai Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
 * Brachistosternus sciosciae Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
 * Brachistosternus simoneae Lourenço, 2000
 * Brachistosternus telteca Ojanguren Affilastro, 2000
 * Brachistosternus titicaca Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
 * Brachistosternus turpuq Ochoa, 2002
 * Brachistosternus weyenberghi (Thorell, 1876)
 * Brachistosternus zambrunoi Ojanguren Affilastro, 2002
 * Brandbergia Prendini, 2003
 * Brandbergia haringtoni Prendini, 2003
 * Brazilobothriurus Lourenço & Monod, 2000
 * Brazilobothriurus pantanalensis Lourenço & Monod, 2000
 * Centromachetes Lønnberg, 1897
 * Centromachetes obscurus Mello-Leitão, 1932
 * Centromachetes pocockii (Kraepelin, 1894)
 * Centromachetes titschaki (Werner, 1939)
 * Cercophonius Peters, 1861
 * Cercophonius granulosus Kraepelin, 1908
 * Cercophonius kershawi Glauert, 1930
 * Cercophonius michaelseni Kraepelin, 1908
 * Cercophonius queenslandae Acosta, 1990
 * Cercophonius squama (Gervais, 1843)
 * Cercophonius sulcatus Kraepelin, 1908
 * Lisposoma Lawrence, 1928
 * Lisposoma elegans Lawrence, 1928
 * Lisposoma joseehermana Lamoral, 1979
 * Orobothriurus Maury, 1975
 * Orobothriurus alticola (Pocock, 1899)
 * Orobothriurus ampay Ochoa & Acosta, 2003
 * Orobothriurus atiquipa Ochoa & Acosta, 2002
 * Orobothriurus calchaqui Ochoa et al., 2011
 * Orobothriurus compagnuccii Ochoa et al., 2011
 * Orobothriurus curvidigitus (Kraepelin, 1911)
 * Orobothriurus famatina Acosta & Ochoa, 2001
 * Orobothriurus grismadoi Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2009
 * Orobothriurus huascaran Ochoa et al., 2011
 * Orobothriurus paessleri (Kraepelin, 1911)
 * Orobothriurus parvus Maury, 1975
 * Orobothriurus quewerukana Ochoa et al., 2011
 * Orobothriurus ramirezi Ochoa et al., 2011
 * Orobothriurus tamarugal Ochoa et al., 2011
 * Orobothriurus wawita Acosta & Ochoa, 2000
 * Pachakutej Ochoa, 2004
 * Pachakutej crassimanus (Maury, 1975)
 * Pachakutej inca (Maury, 1975)
 * Pachakutej iskay (Acosta & Ochoa, 2001)
 * Pachakutej juchuicha Ochoa, 2004
 * Pachakutej oscari Ochoa, 2004
 * Pachakutej peruvianus (Mello-Leitão, 1948)
 * Phoniocercus Pocock, 1893
 * Phoniocercus pictus Pocock, 1893
 * Phoniocercus sanmartini Cekalovic, 1968
 * Rumikiru Ojanguren-Affilastro et al., 2012
 * Rumikiru atacama Ojanguren-Affilastro et al., 2012
 * Rumikiru lourençoi (Ojanguren Affilastro, 2003)
 * Tehuankea Cekalovic, 1973
 * Tehuankea moyanoi Cekalovic, 1973
 * Thestylus Simon, 1880
 * Thestylus aurantiurus Yamaguti & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2003
 * Thestylus glasioui Bertkau, 1880
 * Thestylus signatus Mello-Leitão, 1931 [species inquirenda]
 * Timogenes Simon, 1880
 * Timogenes dorbignyi (Guérin Méneville, 1843)
 * Timogenes elegans (Mello-Leitão, 1931)
 * Timogenes haplochirus Maury & Roig Alsina, 1977
 * Timogenes mapuche Maury, 1975
 * Timogenes sumatranus Simon, 1880
 * Urophonius Pocock, 1893
 * Urophonius achalensis Abalos & Hominal, 1974
 * Urophonius brachycentrus (Thorell, 1876)
 * Urophonius eugenicus (Mello-Leitão, 1931)
 * Urophonius exochus (Penther, 1913)
 * Urophonius granulatus Pocock, 1898
 * Urophonius iheringi Pocock, 1893
 * Urophonius mahuidensis Maury, 1973
 * Urophonius martinezi Ojanguren Affilastro & Cheli, 2009
 * Urophonius mondacai Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2011
 * Urophonius pizarroi Ojanguren Affilastro et al., 2010
 * Urophonius somuncura Acosta, 2003
 * Urophonius transandinus Acosta, 1998
 * Urophonius tregualemuensis Cekalovic, 1981
 * Urophonius tumbensis Cekalovic, 1981
 * Vachonia Abalos, 1954
 * Vachonia martinezi Abalos, 1954