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Heterometrus
Sign in to saveAlso known as Giant forest scorpions, Forest scorpions, Asian forest scorpions
Heterometrus, whose members are also known by the collective vernacular name Asian Forest Scorpion, is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It is distributed widely across tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia, including Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, India (Nicobar Islands, Andaman Islands), and China (Hainan). It is notable for containing some of the largest living species of scorpions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderScorpiones
- FamilyScorpionidae
Heterometrus (лат.) — род крупных скорпионов из семейства Scorpionidae, популярный при домашнем разведении в террариумах.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 36
- With media
- 30
- Family
- Scorpionidae
- Collections
- USNM, UF, FMNH, CASC, MNHN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Myanmar, Indische Archipel, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodge, Inde
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Diversity
- General characteristics
- Toxicity
- Habitat for the scorpion
- In captivity
- References
- External links
Heterometrus, whose members are also known by the collective vernacular name Asian Forest Scorpion, is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It is distributed widely across tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia, including Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, India (Nicobar Islands, Andaman Islands), and China (Hainan). It is notable for containing some of the largest living species of scorpions.
==Taxonomy== The genus was introduced by C.G. Ehrenberg (in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828), originally as a subgenus of the genus Buthus. It was elevated to genus rank by F. Karsch in 1879. H.W.C. Couzijn (1978, 1981) subdivided the genus into several subgenera, but F. Kovařík (2004) synonymized these subgenera with the nominal genus. In 2020 the genus was reviewed by L. Prendini & S. F. Loria, three of the former subgenera were revalidated and elevated to genera and one valid subgenus was elevated to genus rank, species were transferred to appropriate genera, resulting in 28 new combinations.
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