Isometrus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Phylum Arthropoda Order Scorpion		Subphylum Chelicerata Family Buthidae Rank Genus

Similar Isometrus maculatus, Scorpion, Lychas, Liocheles, Odonturus dentatus

Isometrus maculatus feeding

Isometrus is a genus of scorpion belonging and being eponymous to the family Buthidae.

Isometrus maculatus communal lesser brown scorpion

Distribution

The species of this genus are found in south and southeast Asia and in Oceania, with the exception of Isometrus maculatus which is pantropical.

Species

Isometrus acanthurus Pocock, 1899

Isometrus assamensis Oates, 1888

Isometrus atherii Amir & Kamaluddin, 2008

Isometrus basilicus Karsch, 1879

Isometrus besucheti Vachon, 1982

Isometrus bilyi Kovařík, 2003

Isometrus brachycentrus Pocock, 1899

Isometrus corbeti Tikader & Batawade, 1983

Isometrus deharvengi Lourenço & Duhem, 2010

Isometrus formosus Pocock, 1894

Isometrus garyi Lourenço & Huber, 2002

Isometrus hainanensis Lourenço, Qi & Zhu, 2005

Isometrus heimi Vachon, 1976

Isometrus isadensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983

Isometrus khammamensis Kovařík, 2003

Isometrus krasenskyi Kovařík, 1998

Isometrus kurkai Kovařík, 1997

Isometrus lao Lourenço & Leguin, 2012

Isometrus liaqatii Amir & Kamaluddin, 2008

Isometrus loebli Vachon, 1982

Isometrus maculatus (DeGeer, 1778)

Isometrus melanodactylus (L. Koch, 1867)

Isometrus navaiae Kovařík, 1998

Isometrus petrzelkai Kovařík, 2003

Isometrus problematicus Kovařík, 2003

Isometrus rigidulus Pocock, 1897

Isometrus thurstoni Pocock, 1893

Isometrus thwaitesi Pocock, 1897

Isometrus tibetanus Lourenço & Zhu, 2008

Isometrus vittatus Pocock, 1900

Isometrus zideki Kovařík, 1994

References

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Isometrus maculatus feeding

Contents

Isometrus maculatus communal lesser brown scorpion

Distribution

Species

References