Lychas variatus

Lychas variatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Lychas
Species:
L. variatus
Binomial name
Lychas variatus
(Thorell, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Isometrus thorelli Keyserling, 1885
  • Isometrus variatus Thorell, 1877
  • Isometrus variatus papuanus Thorell, 1888
  • Isometrus armatus Pocock, 1890
  • Lychas marmoreus kimberleyanus Kraepelin, 1916
  • Lychas spinatus Kraepelin, 1916
  • Lychas spinatus pallidus Glauert, 1925
  • Lychas spinatus besti Glauert, 1925
  • Lychas lappa Glauert, 1954

Lychas variatus, also known as the marbled scorpion or splendid marbled scorpion, is a species of small scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is native to Australia and New Guinea, and was first described in 1877 by Swedish arachnologist Tamerlan Thorell.[1]

  1. ^ a b Thorell, T (1877). "Études scorpiologiques". Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen. 19: 136.