Scorpio is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae. The species in this genus are found in northern Africa and western Asia.
Species
Scorpio was regarded as a monotypic genus for a long time, containing one widespread and highly variable species, S. maurus, which had many subspecies. It has since been recognised that within S. maurus sensu lato there were a number of taxa which should be regarded as valid species and new species have been described from sub-Saharan Africa:
The genus Scorpio includes:
Scorpio atakor Ythier, Sadine, Bengaid & Lourenço, 2024
Scorpio atlasensis Khammassi, Harris & Sadine, 2023
Scorpio birulai Fet, 1997
Scorpio ennedi Lourenço, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012
Scorpio fuliginosus (Pallary, 1928)
Scorpio fuscus (Ehrenberg, 1829)
Scorpio hesperus Birula, 1910
Scorpio iznassen Ythier & Francois, 2023
Scorpio jordanensis Afifeh, Yagmur, Al-Saraireh & Amr, 2024
Scorpio karakurti Yagmur, 2024
Scorpio kruglovi Birula, 1910
Scorpio maurus Linnaeus, 1758
Scorpio maurus arabicus (Pocock, 1900)
Scorpio maurus behringsi Schenkel, 1949 [Nomen dubium]
Scorpio maurus maurus Linnaeus, 1758
Scorpio maurus stemmleri Schenkel, 1949 [Nomen dubium]
Scorpio maurus towsendi (Pocock, 1900)
Scorpio mogadorensis Birula, 1910
Scorpio moulouya Ythier & Francois, 2023
Scorpio niger Lourenço & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012
Scorpio occidentalis Werner, 1936
Scorpio palmatus (Ehrenberg, 1828)
Scorpio propinquus (Simon, 1872) [Nomen dubium]
Scorpio punicus Fet, 2000
Scorpio savanicola Lourenço, 2009
Scorpio sirnakensis Yagmur, 2024
Scorpio sudanensis Lourenço & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2009
Scorpio tassili Lourenço & Rossi, 2016
Scorpio touili Ythier & Francois, 2023
Scorpio trarasensis Bouisset & Larrouy, 1962
Scorpio wahbehi Afifeh, Yagmur, Al-Saraireh & Amr, 2024
Scorpio weidholzi Werner, 1929
Scorpio yemenensis Werner, 1936