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Buthidae {family} -
Arthropoda
;
Arachnida
;
Scorpiones
;
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Sub-taxa
Genera (55)
Aegaeobuthus [90]
Ananteris [32]
Androctonus [222]
Apistobuthus [3]
Babycurus [2]
Barbaracurus [4]
Buthacus [133]
Butheolus [2]
Buthoscorpio [2]
Buthus [755]
Centruroides [925]
Chaneke [2]
Charmus [3]
Compsobuthus [75]
Europlectes [2]
Femtobuthus [2]
Gint [23]
Grosphus [4]
Hemibuthus [1]
Heteroctenus [58]
Hottentotta [163]
Ischnotelson [6]
Isometroides [34]
Isometrus [65]
Jaguajir [59]
Janalychas [17]
Karasbergia [2]
Kraepelinia [5]
Leiurus [22]
Lissothus [2]
Lychas [361]
Mesobuthus [278]
Microbuthus [6]
Microtityus [39]
Neobuthus [6]
Odontobuthus [86]
Olivierus [100]
Orthochiroides [1]
Orthochirus [31]
Parabuthus [50]
Physoctonus [8]
Picobuthus [2]
Reddyanus [8]
Rhopalurus [65]
Sassanidotus [4]
Somalicharmus [2]
Teruelius [5]
Thaicharmus [4]
Tityopsis [7]
Tityus [235]
Troglorhopalurus [6]
Trypanothacus [2]
Uroplectes [40]
Xenobuthus [2]
Zabius [11]
Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
full article at Wikipedia
BOLD Stats
Specimen Records:
4,129
Public Records:
2,640
Specimens with Sequences:
3,682
Public Species:
344
Specimens with Barcodes:
2,586
Public BINs:
557
Species:
423
Species With Barcodes:
389
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Imagery
images representing subtaxa of Buthidae
(
Uroplectes
)
Sample ID:
NCA-2012_4475
License:
CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)
License Holder:
Mamadi Theresa Sethusa, University of Johannesburg
Collection Sites
Collected from 34 countries.
Top 20:
Show All Countries
Costa Rica
372
Cuba
20
Brazil
4
Mexico
135
Guatemala
16
Algeria
3
Australia
121
Nicaragua
12
Turkiye
2
United States
89
India
11
Peru
2
Iran
80
Panama
11
Cyprus
2
South Africa
72
Honduras
8
Cayman Islands
2
Dominican Republic
60
Greece
4
![(Aegaeobuthus - SC00041) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2026) Unspecified University of Prishtina](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/SCKOS/610bce7a-dbef-48a3-827b-17bdc90b81a8%2B1774697537.jpg "(Aegaeobuthus - SC00041) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2026)")
![(Ananteris - INB0004325158) @13 [ ] Copyright (2012) C. Viquez Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/ARINB/INB0004325158%2B1347373421.jpg "(Ananteris - INB0004325158) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Buthus - CBG-B19667-G08) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2026) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/LPGEU/CBG-B19667-G08%2B1769440646.jpg "(Buthus - CBG-B19667-G08) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2026)")
![(Centruroides - INB0004324378) @15 [ ] Copyright (2012) C. Viquez Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/ARINB/INB0004324378%2B1352414979.jpg "(Centruroides - INB0004324378) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Grosphus - CBG-B09194-H05) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2026) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/LPMDE/CBG-B09194-H05%2B1772482588.jpg "(Grosphus - CBG-B09194-H05) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2026)")
![(Parabuthus - EVDW0004) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Esther van der Westhuizen University of Johannesburg](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/ARACH/EVDW0004%2B1285519200.jpg "(Parabuthus - EVDW0004) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011)")
![(Tityus - CCDB-11309 G04) @15 [ ] Copyright (2012) C. Viquez Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/ARINB/CCDB-11309_G04%2B1347372317.jpg "(Tityus - CCDB-11309 G04) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Uroplectes - NCA-2012_4475) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Mamadi Theresa Sethusa University of Johannesburg](http://uni.boldsystems.org/pics/_w70/AAI/NCA_2012-4475%2B1362405094.jpg "(Uroplectes - NCA-2012_4475) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)")
