Isometrus

Isometrus is a genus of scorpion belonging and being eponymous to the family Buthidae.^[1][2] Some species are currently assigned to the genus Reddyanus.^[3]

Isometrus
Isometrus maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Buthidae
Genus:	Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828
Type species
Scorpio maculatus De Geer, 1778
Diversity
29 Species
Synonyms
Closotrichus Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 Buthus (Isometrus) Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828 Isometrus (Isometrus) Vachon, 1972 Isometrus (Raddyanus [sic]) Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 Isometrus (Closotrichus) Tikader & Bastawade, 1983

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.^[4]

Current species

• Isometrus adviteeya Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024^[5]
• Isometrus amboli Sulakhe, 2020
• Isometrus anamalaiensis Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024^[6]
• Isometrus antillanus Thorell, 1876
• Isometrus armatus Pocock, 1891
• Isometrus atherii Amir & Kamaluddin, 2008
• Isometrus atomarius Simon, 1884
• Isometrus bituberculatus Pocock, 1891
• Isometrus chinensis Karsch, 1879
• Isometrus devillei Becker, 1880
• Isometrus feae Thorell, 1889
• Isometrus formosus Pocock, 1894
• Isometrus garyi Lourenço & Huber, 2002
• Isometrus gracilis Thorell, 1876
• Isometrus hainanensis Lourenço, Qi & Zhu, 2005
• Isometrus infuscatus Pocock, 1891
• Isometrus isadensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
• Isometrus kovariki Sulakhe, Dandekar, Mukherjee, Pandey, Ketkar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2020
• Isometrus lao Lourenço & Leguin, 2012
• Isometrus liaqatii Amir & Kamaluddin, 2008
• Isometrus lithophilis Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024^[7]
• Isometrus maculatus (DeGeer, 1778)
• Isometrus mesor Simon, 1884
• Isometrus palani Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024^[8]
• Isometrus pallidimanus Karsch, 1879
• Isometrus papuensis Werner, 1916
• Isometrus phipsoni Oates, 1888
• Isometrus sonticus Karsch, 1879
• Isometrus tamhini Sulakhe, Dandekar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2020
• Isometrus thenmala Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024^[9]
• Isometrus thorellii Koch & Keyserling, 1885
• Isometrus thurstoni Pocock, 1893
• Isometrus thwaitesi Pocock, 1897
• Isometrus weberi Karsch, 1882

Former species

All species are assigned to Reddyanus.

• Isometrus acanthurus Pocock, 1899
• Isometrus assamensis Oates, 1888
• 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 heimi Vachon, 1976
• Isometrus khammamensis Kovařík, 2003
• Isometrus krasenskyi Kovařík, 1998
• Isometrus kurkai Kovařík, 1997
• Isometrus loebli Vachon, 1982
• Isometrus melanodactylus (L. Koch, 1867)
• Isometrus navaiae Kovařík, 1998
• Isometrus petrzelkai Kovařík, 2003
• Isometrus problematicus Kovařík, 2003
• Isometrus rigidulus Pocock, 1897
• Isometrus tibetanus Lourenço & Zhu, 2008
• Isometrus vittatus Pocock, 1900
• Isometrus zideki Kovařík, 1994