ORTHOCHIRUS

Orthochirus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Buthidae
Genus:	Orthochirus; Karsch, 1891

Orthochirus is a genus of scorpion in the family Buthidae, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1891.^[1]

Species

Orthochirus contains the following fifty-seven species.^[2]

Orthochirus afar Kovarik, Lowe & Stahlavsky, 2016
Orthochirus afghanus Kovarik, 2004
Orthochirus arenicola Lourenço & Ythier, 2021
Orthochirus atarensis Lourenço & Leguin, 2011
Orthochirus bastawadei Zambre, Mirza, Sanap, Upadhye & Javed, 2011
Orthochirus bicolor (Pocock, 1897)
Orthochirus birulai Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020
Orthochirus carinatus Navidpour, Kovarik, Soleglad & Fet, 2019
Orthochirus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço & Leguin, 2011
Orthochirus danielleae (Lourenço & Vachon, 1997)
Orthochirus farzanpayi (Vachon & Farzanpay, 1987)
Orthochirus feti Kovarik, 2004
Orthochirus flavescens (Pocock, 1897)
Orthochirus fomichevi Kovarik, Yagmur, Fet & Hussen, 2019
Orthochirus formozovi Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020
Orthochirus fuscipes (Pocock, 1900)
Orthochirus gantenbeini Kovarik, Yagmur, Fet & Hussen, 2019
Orthochirus glabrifrons (Kraepelin, 1903)
Orthochirus gromovi Kovarik, 2004
Orthochirus grosseri Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020
Orthochirus gruberi Kovarik & Fet, 2006
Orthochirus hormozganensis Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020
Orthochirus heratensis Kovarik, 2004
Orthochirus innesi Simon, 1910
Orthochirus iranus Kovarik, 2004
Orthochirus iraqus Kovarik, 2004
Orthochirus jalalabadensis Kovarik, 2004
Orthochirus kaspareki (Lourenço & Huber, 2000)
Orthochirus kermanensis Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020
Orthochirus kinzelbachi (Lourenço & Huber, 2000)
Orthochirus kovariki Yagmur & Khalili, 2022
Orthochirus krishnai Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
Orthochirus kryzhanovskyi Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020
Orthochirus kucerai Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020
Orthochirus masihipouri Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020
Orthochirus maroccanus Lourenço & Leguin, 2011
Orthochirus melanurus (Kessler, 1874)
Orthochirus mesopotamicus Birula, 1918
Orthochirus milloti Lourenço, 2021
Orthochirus minor Lourenço, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012
Orthochirus monodi (Lourenço & Vachon, 1997)
Orthochirus navidpouri Kovarik, Yagmur, Fet & Hussen, 2019
Orthochirus nordmanni Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020
Orthochirus olivaceus (Karsch, 1881)
Orthochirus pallidus (Pocock, 1897)
Orthochirus persa (Birula, 1900)
Orthochirus samrchelsis Kovarik, 2004
Orthochirus scrobiculosus (Grube, 1873)
Orthochirus sejnai Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020
Orthochirus semnanensis Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020
Orthochirus soufiensis Lourenco & Sadine, 2021
Orthochirus stockwelli (Lourenço & Vachon, 1995)
Orthochirus tassili Lourenço & Leguin, 2011
Orthochirus tibesti Lourenço, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012
Orthochirus varius Kovarik, 2004
Orthochirus vignolii Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020
Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovarik, 2004

References

^ Karsch, Ferdinand (1891). "Arachniden von Ceylon und von Minikoy, gesammelt von den Herren Doctoren P. und F. Sarasin". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 36: 267–310.
^ Rein, Jan Ove (2022). "Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

[1] Karsch, Ferdinand (1891). "Arachniden von Ceylon und von Minikoy, gesammelt von den Herren Doctoren P. und F. Sarasin". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 36: 267–310.

[2] Rein, Jan Ove (2022). "Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

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