Lychas | |
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Lychas marmoreus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Buthidae |
Genus: |
Lychas Koch, 1845 |
Type species | |
Lychas scutilus C. L. Koch, 1845
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Diversity | |
42 species | |
Synonyms | |
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Lychas is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. [1] It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia. [1]
Total length is 21.8 to 90 mm. Sternum type 1 is subpentagonal or subtriangular. Pedipalps are orthobothriotaxic. Cheliceral fixed finger with a single ventral denticle. Third and fourth legs consists with tibial spurs. Pectines have conspicuous or inconspicuous fulcra, but rarely can be without fulcra. There are about 8 to 26 pectinal teeth. Movable fingers of pedipalps consist with six rows of granules. Total number of terminal granules is 6 or 7. Carapace with horizontal entire dorsal surface laterally. Telson with a distinct subaculear tooth. [2]
There are about 42 species. [1]
Lychas | |
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Lychas marmoreus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Buthidae |
Genus: |
Lychas Koch, 1845 |
Type species | |
Lychas scutilus C. L. Koch, 1845
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Diversity | |
42 species | |
Synonyms | |
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Lychas is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. [1] It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia. [1]
Total length is 21.8 to 90 mm. Sternum type 1 is subpentagonal or subtriangular. Pedipalps are orthobothriotaxic. Cheliceral fixed finger with a single ventral denticle. Third and fourth legs consists with tibial spurs. Pectines have conspicuous or inconspicuous fulcra, but rarely can be without fulcra. There are about 8 to 26 pectinal teeth. Movable fingers of pedipalps consist with six rows of granules. Total number of terminal granules is 6 or 7. Carapace with horizontal entire dorsal surface laterally. Telson with a distinct subaculear tooth. [2]
There are about 42 species. [1]