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The Buthidae are the largest family of scorpions, containing about 100 genera and 1339 species as of 2022. [2] A few very large genera (Ananteris, Centruroides, Compsobuthus, or Tityus) are known, but a high number of species-poor or monotypic ones also exist. [2]
A variety of martial arts films and video games have been entitled Scorpion King. [133] [134] [135] Scorpion pose in yoga has one or both legs pointing forward over the head, like a scorpion's tail. [136] Since classical times, the scorpion with its powerful stinger has been used to provide a name for weapons.
The tailless whip scorpion may go for over a month in which no food is eaten. Often this is due to pre-molt. Due to the lack of venom the tailless whip scorpion is very nervous in temperament, retreating away if any dangerous threat is sensed by the animal. [citation needed] Comparing the front and back legs of an amblypygid
The Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus, once included in Centruroides exilicauda) is a small light brown scorpion common to the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. An adult male can reach 8 cm in length (3.14 inches), while a female is slightly smaller, with a maximum length of 7 cm (2.75 inches).
Olivierus martensii is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae. Its common names include Chinese scorpion, [2] [3] Manchurian scorpion, [2] [3] Chinese armor-tail scorpion and Chinese golden scorpion. Despite its common name, this scorpion is not only found in Manchuria or China, but also in Mongolia and Korea. [4] The record from Japan is ...
Hottentotta tamulus, the Indian red scorpion, also known as the eastern Indian scorpion, is a species of scorpion of the family Buthidae. It occurs in most of India , [ 2 ] eastern Pakistan [ 1 ] and the eastern lowlands of Nepal , [ 3 ] and recently from Sri Lanka .
Androctonus bicolor, the black fat-tailed scorpion, is a scorpion species of the family Buthidae. It is black in color and can grow up to 8 cm. [1] Black fat-tailed scorpions come from the family Buthidae, which is the largest of the scorpion family. [2] They can be identified by their hefty physique. [3]
A striped scorpion hiding among rocks at Taum Sauk Mountain State Park. A medium-sized scorpion that is rarely longer than 70 mm (up to around 2 3/4 in), the striped bark scorpion is a uniform pale-yellow scorpion that can be identified by two dark, longitudinal stripes on its carapace, with a dark triangle above the ocular tubercle.