Buthoscorpio

Buthoscorpio is a genus of scorpions in the family Buthidae.

Taxonomy

 * Buthoscorpio chinnarensis Aswathi, Sureshan & Lourenço, 2015
 * Buthoscorpio indicus Lourenço, 2012
 * Buthoscorpio jinnahii (Amir, Kamaluddin & Jabbar, 2005)
 * Buthoscorpio politus (Pocock, 1899)
 * Buthoscorpio rahmatii (Amir, Kamaluddin & Jabbar, 2005)
 * Buthoscorpio rayalensis Javed, Rao, Mirza, Sanap & Tampal, 2010
 * Buthoscorpio sarasinorum (Karsch, 1891)

Distribution
Species of this genus are found in India and Sri Lanka.

Description
Total length of the scorpion ranges from 30 to 52 mm. Sternum type 1 is subpentagonal or subtriangular and long, which exhibits horizontal compression. Pedipalps consists with tri-chobothrial pattern. Cheliceral fixed finger is with two ventral accessory denticles. Movable finger of pedipalp chela is longer than manus. Pectines are covered with fulcra. Tergites I to VI are smooth or finely granular, with one carina. Carapace smooth to finely granular without carinae. But, metasomal segments are punctate, without stridulatory areas. Telson vesicle is punctate, whereas subaculear tooth is absent or weakly developed. Pedipalps, metasoma and telson are glabrous.