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*Scorpio maurus*, commonly known as the large-clawed scorpion, is a species belonging to the Scorpionidae family, native to arid regions of North Africa and the Middle East. It is physically distinguished by its disproportionately large, robust pedipalps (claws) and relatively small body size. As a...
Scorpio fuscus is a species of large scorpion in the family Scorpionidae, notable for being native to the Middle Eastern region of the world.
Scorpio palmatus, commonly known as the golden scorpion, is a pale-colored, burrowing arachnid native to the Middle East and described by Eugène Simon.
Opistophthalmus glabrifrons, the shiny burrowing scorpion, is notable for constructing deep spiraling burrows in the arid regions of Namibia and Angola.
Diplocentrus whitei is the Big Bend scorpion, a diplocentrid described by Gervais in 1844 and found in Texas and northern Mexico.
Opistophthalmus carinatus is a southern African burrowing scorpion originally described by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters in 1861.
Diplocentrus lindo is a diplocentrid scorpion described by Stockwell and Baldwin in 2001 from Texas, with records also in Nuevo Leon and Coahuila.
Diplocentrus melici is a Mexican diplocentrid scorpion described in 2004, endemic to Veracruz near Actopan and named for Antonio Melic.
Opistophthalmus latimanus is a robust, burrowing scorpion species distributed across southern Africa, first described by C. L. Koch in 1841.
Opistophthalmus pugnax is a heavily built, burrowing scorpion native to the arid environments of southern Africa, described by R. I. Pocock in 1896.
Diplocentrus bereai is a Mexican diplocentrid scorpion described by Armas and Martin-Frias in 2004, endemic to Veracruz near Actopan.
Urophonius brachycentrus is an Argentine bothriurid scorpion described by Thorell in 1876 and later placed in Urophonius by Kraepelin in 1894.
Opistophthalmus holmi is a southern African scorpion species belonging to the Scorpionidae family, first described by Bruno Lamoral in 1979.
