Afrolychas

Afrolychas is a genus of scorpion in the family Buthidae. There are two species in this genus, both of which used to belong to the genus Lychas.^[1] The genus was described in 2019 by František Kovařík.^[2] The genus name Afrolychas is a reference to the African range of its species and the fact that the two species used to be members of the genus Lychas.^[2] Afrolychas's closest relatives are believed to be the scorpions in the genus Pseudolychas.^[2] Afrolychas braueri is one of the rarest scorpions in the world, as it is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.^[3]

Afrolychas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Buthidae
Genus:	Afrolychas Kovarik, 2019

Species

• Afrolychas braueri Kraepelin, 1896
• Afrolychas burdoi Simon, 1882