Scorpiones, Scorpions: Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837 accepted

ITIS:	urn:lsid:itis.gov:itis_tsn:82718
GBIF:	5848
Fauna Europaea:	7a365486-2944-4e3c-9e3c-2d7b2bb636bc
BOLD:	1416
iNaturalist:	119058

Species in this family

23 genera, 176 species:

Aegaeobuthus

Aegaeobuthus cyprius (Gantenbein & Kropf, 2000) accepted

Aegaeobuthus gallianoi (Ythier, 2018) accepted

Aegaeobuthus gibbosus (Brullé, 1832) accepted

Aegaeobuthus nigrocinctus (Ehrenberg, 1828) accepted

Androctonus

Androctonus aeneas C. L. Koch, 1839 accepted

Androctonus agrab Ythier & Lourenço, 2022 accepted

Androctonus ajjer Ythier, Sadine, Alioua & Lourenço, 2025 accepted

Androctonus amoreuxi (Audouin, 1826) accepted

Androctonus amoreuxi levyi Fet, 1997 accepted

Androctonus australis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted

Androctonus barbouri (Werner, 1932) accepted

Androctonus bicolor Ehrenberg, 1828 accepted

Androctonus bourdoni Vachon, 1948 accepted

Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807) accepted

Androctonus donairei Rossi, 2015 accepted

Androctonus eburneus (Pallary, 1928) accepted

Androctonus gonneti Vachon, 1948 accepted

Androctonus hoggarensis (Pallary, 1929) accepted

Androctonus kunti Yağmur, 2023 accepted

Androctonus liouvillei (Pallary, 1924) accepted

Androctonus maroccanus Lourenço, Ythier & Leguin, 2009 accepted

Androctonus mauritanicus (Pocock, 1902) accepted

Androctonus sergenti Vachon, 1948 accepted

Androctonus tenuissimus Teruel, Kovařík & Turiel, 2013 accepted

Androctonus tibesti Lourenço & El-Hennawy, 2022 accepted

Androctonus turkiyensis Yağmur, 2021 accepted

Buthacus

Buthacus ahaggar Lourenço, Kourim & Sadine, 2017 accepted

Buthacus algerianus Lourenço, 2006 accepted

Buthacus arenicola (Simon, 1885) accepted

Buthacus armasi Lourenço, 2013 accepted

Buthacus birulai Lourenço, 2006 accepted

Buthacus deserticus Sadine, Souilem, Lourenço & Ythier, 2024 accepted

Buthacus elmenia Lourenço & Sadine, 2017 accepted

Buthacus foleyi Vachon, 1948 accepted

Buthacus fuscata Pallary, 1929 accepted

Buthacus leptochelys (Ehrenberg, 1829) accepted

Buthacus levyi Cain, Gefen & Prendini, 2021 accepted

Buthacus mahraouii Lourenço, 2004 accepted

Buthacus maroccanus Lourenço, 2006 accepted

Buthacus nitzani Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973 accepted

Buthacus occidentalis Vachon, 1953 accepted

Buthacus sadinei Ythier, 2022 accepted

Buthacus samiae Lourenço & Sadine, 2015 accepted

Buthacus spinatus Lourenço, Bissati & Sadine, 2016 accepted

Buthacus stockmanni Kovarik, Lowe & Stahlavsky, 2016 accepted

Buthacus tadmorensis (Simon, 1892) accepted

Buthacus ziegleri Lourenço, 2000 accepted

Butheoloides

Butheoloides aymerichi Lourenço, 2002 accepted

Butheoloides littoralis Lourenço, Touloun & Boumezzough, 2011 accepted

Butheoloides maroccanus Hirst, 1925 accepted

Butheoloides occidentalis Lourenço, Slimani & Berahou, 2003 accepted

Butheoloides schwendingeri Lourenço, 2002 accepted

Butheoloides slimanii Lourenço, 2010 accepted

Buthiscus

Buthiscus bicalcaratus Birula, 1905 accepted

Buthus

Buthus adrianae Rossi, 2013 accepted

Buthus ahaggar Ythier, Sadine, Haddadi & Lourenço, 2021 accepted

Buthus ajax (C. L. Koch, 1839) accepted

Buthus alacanti Teruel & Turiel, 2020 accepted

Buthus albengai Lourenço, 2003 accepted

Buthus apiatus Lourenço, El Bouhissi, Sadine, 2020 accepted

Buthus atlantis Pocock, 1889 accepted

Buthus aures Lourenço & Sadine, 2016 accepted

Buthus baeticus Teruel & Turiel, 2020 accepted

Buthus barcaeus Birula, 1909 accepted

Buthus bonito Lourenço & Geniez, 2005 accepted

Buthus boumalenii Touloun & Boumezzough, 2011 accepted

Buthus boussaadi Lourenço, Chichi & Sadine, 2018 accepted

Buthus castellano Teruel & Turiel, 2022 accepted

Buthus chambiensis Kovařík, 2006 accepted

Buthus confluens Lourenço, Touloun & Boumezzough, 2012 accepted

Buthus delafuentei Teruel & Turiel, 2020 accepted

Buthus draa Lourenço & Slimani, 2004 accepted

Buthus dunlopi Kovařík, 2006 accepted

Buthus egyptiensis Lourenço & Cloudsley-Tompson, 2012 accepted

Buthus elmoutaouakili Lourenço & Qi, 2006 accepted

Buthus elongatus Rossi, 2012 accepted

Buthus gabani Ythier, 2021 accepted

Buthus garcialorcai Teruel & Turiel, 2020 accepted

Buthus gonzalezdelavegai González-Moliné & de Armas, 2024 accepted

Buthus goyffoni Abidi, Sadine & Lourenço, 2021 accepted

Buthus halius (C. L. Koch, 1838) accepted

Buthus iaspis Teruel & Turiel, 2022 accepted

Buthus ibericus Lourenço & Vachon, 2004 accepted

Buthus intumescens (Ehrenberg, 1829) accepted

Buthus israelis (Shulov & Amitai, 1959) accepted

Buthus kunti Yağmur, Koc & Lourenço, 2011 accepted

Buthus lienhardi Lourenço, 2003 accepted

Buthus lourencoi Rossi, Tropea & Yağmur, 2013 accepted

Buthus maamora Ythier, 2023 accepted

Buthus malhommei Vachon, 1949 accepted

Buthus manchego Teruel & Turiel, 2020 accepted

Buthus mardochei Simon, 1878 accepted

Buthus mariefranceae Lourenço, 2003 accepted

Buthus maroccanus Birula, 1903 accepted

Buthus montanus Lourenço & Vachon, 2004 accepted

Buthus nigrovesiculosus Hirst, 1925 accepted

Buthus occitanus (Amoreux, 1789) accepted

Buthus orientalis Lourenço & Simon, 2012 accepted

Buthus oudjanii Lourenço, 2017 accepted

Buthus paris (C. L. Koch, 1839) accepted

Buthus parroti Vachon, 1949 accepted

Buthus pedrosousai Teruel & Turiel, 2021 accepted

Buthus pusillus Lourenço, 2013 accepted

Buthus pyrenaeus Ythier, 2021 accepted

Buthus rochati Lourenço, 2003 accepted

Buthus saharicus Sadine, Bissati & Lourenço, 2016 accepted

Buthus serrano Teruel & Turiel, 2020 accepted

Buthus tassili Lourenço, 2002 accepted

Buthus trinacrius Lourenço & Rossi, 2013 accepted

Buthus tunetanus (Herbst, 1800) accepted

Centruroides

Centruroides gracilis (Latreille, 1804) accepted

Centruroides griseus (C. L. Koch, 1844) accepted

Centruroides limbatus (Pocock, 1898) accepted

Centruroides ochraceus Pocock, 1898 accepted

Cicileiurus

Cicileiurus monticola Teruel, 2007 accepted

Cicileus

Cicileus exilis (Pallary, 1928) accepted

Cicileus hoggarensis Lourenço & Rossi, 2015 accepted

Cicileus latellai Lourenço & Rossi, 2015 accepted

Cicileus montanus Lourenço & Rossi, 2015 accepted

Compsobuthus

Compsobuthus armenicus Lourenço, Leguin & Duhem, 2015 accepted

Compsobuthus berlandi Vachon, 1950 accepted

Compsobuthus egyptiensis Lourenço, Sun & Zhu, 2009 accepted

Compsobuthus kabateki Kovařík, 2003 accepted

Compsobuthus klaptoczi (Birula, 1909) accepted

Compsobuthus longipalpis Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973 accepted

Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) accepted

Compsobuthus schmiedeknechti Vachon, 1949 accepted

Compsobuthus tassili Lourenço, 2010 accepted

Compsobuthus turieli Kovařík, Lowe, Stockmann & Šťáhlavský, 2020 accepted

Compsobuthus ullrichi Kovařík, Lowe, Stockmann & Šťáhlavský, 2020 accepted

Compsobuthus werneri (Birula, 1908) accepted

Compsobuthus williamsi Lourenço, 1999 accepted

Egyptobuthus

Egyptobuthus vaissadei Lourenço, 1999 accepted

Heteroctenus

Heteroctenus junceus (Herbst, 1800) accepted

Hottentotta

Hottentotta franzwerneri (Birula, 1914) accepted

Hottentotta gentili (Pallary, 1924) accepted

Hottentotta hoggarensis Lourenço & Leguin, 2014 accepted

Hottentotta hottentotta (Fabricius, 1787) accepted

Hottentotta judaicus (Simon, 1872) accepted

Hottentotta minax (L. Koch, 1875) accepted

Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880) accepted

Hottentotta scaber (Ehrenberg, 1828) accepted

Hottentotta sousai Turiel, 2014 accepted

Isometrus

Isometrus maculatus (De Geer, 1778) accepted

Leiurus

Leiurus abdullahbayrami Yağmur, Koç & Kunt, 2009 accepted

Leiurus aegyptiacus Lourenço & El-Hennawy, 2021 accepted

Leiurus hoggarensis Lourenço, Kourim & Sadine, 2018 accepted

Leiurus quinquestriatus (Ehrenberg, 1828) accepted

Leiurus sinai Badry, Saleh, Lourenço & Ythier, 2023 accepted

Lissothus

Lissothus bernardi Vachon, 1948 accepted

Lissothus chaambi Lourenço & Sadine, 2014 accepted

Lissothus occidentalis Vachon, 1950 accepted

Mesobuthus

Mesobuthus bogdoensis (Birula, 1896) accepted

Mesobuthus eupeus (C. L. Koch, 1839) accepted

Mesobuthus mesopotamicus (Penther, 1912) accepted

Mesobuthus persicus (Pocock, 1899) accepted

Mesobuthus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889) accepted

Mesobuthus rahsenae Kovařík et al., 2022 accepted

Mesobuthus turcicus Kovařík et al., 2022 accepted

Mesobuthus yagmuri Kovařík & Fet, 2022 accepted

Mesobuthus zarudnyi Novruzov, Kovařík & Fet, 2022 accepted

Microbuthus

Microbuthus fagei Vachon, 1949 accepted

Microbuthus flavorufus Lourenço & Duhem, 2007 accepted

Microbuthus maroccanus Lourenço, 2002 accepted

Olivierus

Olivierus caucasicus (Nordmann, 1840) accepted

Orthochirus

Orthochirus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço & Leguin, 2011 accepted

Orthochirus fomichevi Kovařík, Yağmur, Fet & Hussen, 2019 accepted

Orthochirus innesi Simon, 1910 accepted

Orthochirus maroccanus Lourenço & Leguin, 2011 accepted

Orthochirus olivaceus (Karsch, 1881) accepted

Orthochirus soufiensis Lourenço & Sadine, 2021 accepted

Orthochirus tassili Lourenço & Leguin, 2011 accepted

Parabuthus

Parabuthus hunteri Pocock, 1895 accepted

Parabuthus liosoma (Ehrenberg, 1828) accepted

Pseudolissothus

Pseudolissothus pusillus Lourenço, 2001 accepted

Saharobuthus

Saharobuthus elegans Lourenço & Duhem, 2009 accepted