Centruroides: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Scorpiones
- Family
- Buthidae
- Genus
- Centruroides
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Centruroides
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Centruroides
Centruroides is a genus of scorpions of the family Buthidae. Several North American species are known by the common vernacular name bark scorpion. Numerous species are extensively found throughout the southern United States, Mexico, Central America, the Antilles and northern South America. Some are known for their interesting patterning or large size (among Buthidae); most if not all fluoresce strongly under ultraviolet illumination, except after moulting. They contain several highly venomous species, and fatalities are known to occur. The venom of the Mexican scorpion Centruroides limpidus limpidus contains the neurotoxins Cll1 and Cll2.
...Centruroides in languages:
- English
- Bark Scorpions
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Aegaeobuthus
- Afroisometrus
- Afrolychas
- Akentrobuthus
- Alayotityus
- Ananteris
- Androctonus
- Anomalobuthus
- Apistobuthus
- Australobuthus
- Babycurus
- Baloorthochirus
- Barbaracurus
- Birulatus
- Buthacus
- Butheoloides
- Butheolus
- Buthiscus
- Buthoscorpio
- Buthus
- Centruroides
- Chaneke
- Charmus
- Cicileus
- Compsobuthus
- Darchenia
- Egyptobuthus
- Femtobuthus
- Gint
- Grosphus
- Hemilychas
- Heteroctenus
- Hottentotta
- Iranobuthus
- Ischnotelson
- Isometroides
- Isometrus
- Jaguajir
- Janalychas
- Karasbergia
- Lanzatus
- Leiurus
- Lissothus
- Lychas
- Mesobuthus
- Microananteris
- Microbuthus
- Microtityus
- Neobuthus
- Odontobuthus
- Odonturus
- Olivierus
- Orthochiroides
- Orthochirus
- Pantobuthus
- Parabuthus
- Pectinibuthus
- Physoctonus
- Pseudolissothus
- Pseudolychas
- Pseudouroplectes
- Reddyanus
- Rhopalurus
- Somalicharmus
- Spelaeolychas
- Teruelius
- Thaicharmus
- Tityobuthus
- Tityopsis
- Tityus
- Troglorhopalurus
- Uroplectes
- Vachoniolus
- Zabius
Child Taxa
- Centruroides alayoni
- Centruroides anchorellus
- Centruroides arctimanus
- Centruroides baergi
- Centruroides baldazoi
- Centruroides balsasensis
- Centruroides bani
- Centruroides baracoae
- Centruroides barbudensis
- Centruroides berstoni
- Centruroides bertholdii
- Centruroides bicolor
- Centruroides bonito
- Centruroides caribbeanus
- Centruroides catemacoensis
- Centruroides chamela
- Centruroides chamulaensis
- Centruroides chanae
- Centruroides chiapanensis
- Centruroides concordia
- Centruroides cuauhmapan
- Centruroides edwardsii
- Centruroides elegans
- Centruroides exilicauda
- Centruroides exilimanus
- Centruroides exsul
- Centruroides fallassisimus
- Centruroides flavopictus
- Centruroides franckei
- Centruroides fulvipes
- Centruroides galano
- Centruroides gracilis
- Centruroides granosus
- Centruroides griseus
- Centruroides guanensis
- Centruroides hamadryas
- Centruroides hentzi
- Centruroides hirsuticauda
- Centruroides hirsutipalpus
- Centruroides hoffmanni
- Centruroides huichol
- Centruroides infamatus
- Centruroides insularis
- Centruroides ixil
- Centruroides jaragua
- Centruroides jorgeorum
- Centruroides koesteri
- Centruroides laticauda
- Centruroides lauriadnae
- Centruroides limbatus
- Centruroides limpidus
- Centruroides luceorum
- Centruroides lucidus
- Centruroides mahnerti
- Centruroides marcanoi
- Centruroides margaritatus
- Centruroides mascota
- Centruroides meisei
- Centruroides melanodactylus
- Centruroides meridionalis
- Centruroides morenoi
- Centruroides navarroi
- Centruroides nigrescens
- Centruroides nigrimanus
- Centruroides nigropunctatus
- Centruroides nigrovariatus
- Centruroides nitidus
- Centruroides noxius
- Centruroides ochraceus
- Centruroides orizaba
- Centruroides ornatus
- Centruroides pallidiceps
- Centruroides panamensis
- Centruroides pococki
- Centruroides polito
- Centruroides poncei
- Centruroides possanii
- Centruroides rileyi
- Centruroides robertoi
- Centruroides rodolfoi
- Centruroides romeroi
- Centruroides ruana
- Centruroides sasae
- Centruroides schmidti
- Centruroides sculpturatus
- Centruroides simplex
- Centruroides sissomi
- Centruroides spectatus
- Centruroides stockwelli
- Centruroides suffusus
- Centruroides tapachulaensis
- Centruroides tecomanus
- Centruroides testaceus
- Centruroides thorellii
- Centruroides tuxtla
- Centruroides villegasi
- Centruroides vittatus
- Centruroides yucatanensis































































































































































