Buthacus
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Buthacus is a genus of scorpions in the family Buthidae. Species of the genus are distributed across northern and western Africa, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
Buthacus is a genus of scorpions in the family Buthidae. Species of the genus are distributed across northern and western Africa, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. ===Diversity=== Species of the genus Buthacus are very similar to each other and have been considered subspecies in some examples. At least 36 species are known, some of need taxonomic revision: Buthacus agarwali Zambre & Lourenço, 2010 Buthacus ahaggar Lourenço, Kourim & Sadine, 2017 Buthacus algerianus Lourenço, 2006 Buthacus amitaii Cain, Gefen & Prendini, 2021 Buthacus arava Cain, Gefen & Prendini, 2021 Buthacus arenicola (Simon, 1885) Buthacus armasi Lourenço, 2013 Buthacus bicolor Afifeh, Al-Saraireh, Baker 2022 Buthacus birulai Lourenço, 2006 Buthacus clevai Lourenço, 2001 Buthacus deserticus Sadine, Souilem, Lourenço & Ythier, 2024 Buthacus elmenia Lourenço & Sadine, 2017 Buthacus foleyi Vachon, 1949 Buthacus frontalis Werner, 1936 Buthacus fuscata Pallary, 1929 Buthacus golovatchi Lourenço, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012 Buthacus leptochelys (Ehrenberg, 1829) - Egyptian green scorpion Buthacus levyi Cain, Gefen & Prendini, 2021 Buthacus macrocentrus (Ehrenberg, 1828) Buthacus mahraouii Lourenço, 2004 Buthacus nigerianus Lourenço & Qi, 2006 Buthacus nigroaculeatus Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973 Buthacus nitzani Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973 Buthacus occidentalis Lourenço, 2000 Buthacus pakistanensis Lourenço & Qi, 2006 Buthacus sadinei Ythier, 2022 Buthacus samiae Lourenço & Sadine, 2015 Buthacus spatzi (Birula, 1911) Buthacus spinatus Lourenço, Bissati & Sadine, 2016 Buthacus stockmanni Kovařík, Lowe & Šťáhlavský, 2016 Buthacus striffleri Lourenço, 2004 Buthacus tadmorensis (Simon, 1892) Buthacus villiersi Vachon, 1949 Buthacus williamsi Lourenço & Leguin, 2009 Buthacus yotvatensis Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973 Buthacus ziegleri Lourenço, 2000
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