Isometrus

Isometrus
Isometrus maculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Isometrus
Ehrenberg, 1828
Type species
Scorpio maculatus
De Geer, 1778
Diversity
29 Species
Synonyms
  • Closotrichus Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
  • Buthus (Isometrus) Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828
  • Isometrus (Isometrus) Vachon, 1972
  • Isometrus (Raddyanus [sic]) Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
  • Isometrus (Closotrichus) Tikader & Bastawade, 1983

Isometrus is a genus of scorpion belonging and being eponymous to the family Buthidae.[1][2] Some species are currently assigned to the genus Reddyanus.[3]

  1. ^ "A new species of Isometrus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from southern India". Euscorpius - Occasional Publications in Scorpiology. 2020, No. 310. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  2. ^ "A review of the genus Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with descriptions of four new species from Asia and Australia". Euscorpius — Occasional Publications in Scorpiology. 2003, No. 10. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  3. ^ Kovařík, František; Šťáhlavský, František (2019-12-07). "Revision of the genus Reddyanus from Southeast Asia, with description of five new species from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam (Scorpiones: Buthidae)". Euscorpius. 2019 (295): 1–45. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2019.vol2019.iss295.1. S2CID 214363192. Retrieved 2021-08-30.