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Genus of scorpions

Orthochirus
Orthochirus negebensis
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

Species

Orthochirus contains the following fifty-seven species.

References

  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.
Taxon identifiers
Orthochirus
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