Buthoscorpio

Buthoscorpio is a genus of scorpions in the family Buthidae.^[2]

Buthoscorpio
Buthoscorpio politus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Buthidae
Genus:	Buthoscorpio
Type species
Buthoscorpio sarasinorum (Karsch, 1891)
Species
See text
Synonyms
Stenochirus Karsch, 1891 (nec. Stenochirus Oppel, 1861)[1]

Taxonomy

• Buthoscorpio chinnarensis Aswathi, Sureshan & Lourenço, 2015
• Buthoscorpio indicus Lourenço, 2012
• Buthoscorpio jinnahii (Amir, Kamaluddin & Jabbar, 2005)^[3]
• 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.^[4]

Description

The length of the scorpion ranges from 30 to 52 mm.^[5]