Euscorpius

Euscorpius is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the Chactidae – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.

The most common members belong to the E. carpathicus species complex, which makes up the subgenus Euscorpius. This group is widespread from North Africa and Spain to temperate Eurasia from England and northern France through the Czech Republic to Russia.

The species range in colour from yellow-brown to dark brown. Many are brown with yellow legs and stinger. The largest is E. italicus at 5 cm (2 in), and the smallest is E. germanus at 1.5 cm (0.6 in). The venom of Euscorpius species is generally very weak, with effects similar to a mosquito bite. Some smaller specimens may not even be able to puncture the human skin with their stings.

Species
Euscorpius contains the following sixty-five species:


 * Euscorpius aladaglarensis Tropea & Yagmur, 2016
 * Euscorpius alanyaensis Tropea, Yagmur, Parmakelis & Kunt, 2016
 * Euscorpius altadonnai Tropea, 2017
 * Euscorpius amorgensis Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2017
 * Euscorpius aquilejensis (C. L. Koch, 1837)
 * Euscorpius arikani Yagmur & Tropea, 2015
 * Euscorpius avcii Tropea, Yagmur, Koc, Yesilyurt & Rossi 2012
 * Euscorpius balearicus Caporiacco, 1950
 * Euscorpius biokovensis Tropea & Ozimec, 2020
 * Euscorpius birulai Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
 * Euscorpius bonacinai Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
 * Euscorpius borovaglavaensis Tropea, 2015
 * Euscorpius calabriae Di Caporiacco, 1950
 * Euscorpius candiota Birula, 1903
 * Euscorpius canestrinii (Fanzago, 1872)
 * Euscorpius carpathicus (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Euscorpius celanus Tropea, 2012
 * Euscorpius ciliciensis Birula, 1898
 * Euscorpius concinnus (C. L. Koch, 1837)
 * Euscorpius corcyraeus Tropea & Rossi, 2012
 * Euscorpius curcici Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2017
 * Euscorpius deltshevi Fet, Graham, Webber & Blagoev, 2014
 * Euscorpius drenskii Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2015
 * Euscorpius erymanthius Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013
 * Euscorpius eskisehirensis Tropea & Yagmur, 2015
 * Euscorpius feti Tropea, 2013
 * Euscorpius garganicus Caporiacco, 1950
 * Euscorpius giachinoi Tropea & Fet, 2015
 * Euscorpius gocmeni Tropea, Yagmur & Yesilyurt, 2014
 * Euscorpius hadzii Caporiacco, 1950
 * Euscorpius hakani Tropea & Yagmur, 2016
 * Euscorpius honazicus Tropea, Yagmur, Karampatsou, Parmakelis & Yesilyurt, 2016
 * Euscorpius hyblaeus Tropea, 2016
 * Euscorpius idaeus Yagmur & Tropea, 2017
 * Euscorpius italicus (Herbst, 1800)
 * Euscorpius janstai Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
 * Euscorpius kabateki Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
 * Euscorpius kinzelbachi Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
 * Euscorpius koci Tropea & Yagmur, 2015
 * Euscorpius koschewnikowi Birula, 1900
 * Euscorpius kritscheri Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2013
 * Euscorpius lagostae Caporiacco, 1950
 * Euscorpius lesbiacus Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi, Stathi & Zafeiriou, 2020
 * Euscorpius lycius Yagmur, Tropea & Yesilyurt, 2013
 * Euscorpius mylonasi Fet, Soleglad, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
 * Euscorpius naupliensis (C. L. Koch, 1837)
 * Euscorpius oglasae Di Caporiacco, 1950
 * Euscorpius ossae Di Capriacco, 1950
 * Euscorpius parthenopeius Tropea, Parmakelis, Sziszkosz, Balanika & Bouderka, 2014
 * Euscorpius popovi Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2015
 * Euscorpius sadileki Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
 * Euscorpius salentinus Tropea, 2017
 * Euscorpius scaber Birula, 1900
 * Euscorpius scheraboni Kovarik & Stahlavsky, 2020
 * Euscorpius sicanus (C. L. Koch, 1837)
 * Euscorpius solegladi Fet, Graham, Webber & Blagoev, 2014
 * Euscorpius stahlavskyi Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
 * Euscorpius studentium Karaman, 2020
 * Euscorpius sultanensis Tropea & Yagmur, 2016
 * Euscorpius tauricus (C. L. Koch, 1837)
 * Euscorpius tergestinus (C.L. Koch, 1837)
 * Euscorpius thracicus Kovarik, Lowe, Byronova & Stahlavsky, 2020
 * Euscorpius vailatii Tropea & Fet, 2015
 * Euscorpius vignai Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014
 * Euscorpius yagmuri Kovarik, Fet & Soleglad, 2014