Genus of scorpions
Lychas
Lychas marmoreus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Chelicerata
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Scorpiones
Family:
Buthidae
Genus:
Lychas Koch, 1845
Type species
Lychas scutilus C. L. Koch, 1845
Diversity
42 species
Synonyms
Alterotrichus Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 Archiosometrus Stahnke, 1972 Archisometrus Kraepelin, 1891 Distotrichus Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 Endotrichus Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 Lichas Fage, 1936 Lycas Caporiacco, 1941 Pilumnus Koch, 1837 Repucha Fet, 1997 Repucha Francke, 1985
Lychas scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae .[ 1] [ 1]
Description
Total length is 21.8 to 90 mm. Sternum type 1 is subpentagonal or subtriangular. Pedipalps are orthobothriotaxic. Cheliceral fixed finger with a single ventral denticle. Third and fourth legs consists with tibial spurs. Pectines have conspicuous or inconspicuous fulcra, but rarely can be without fulcra.
There are about 8 to 26 pectinal teeth. Movable fingers of pedipalps consist with six rows of granules. Total number of terminal granules is 6 or 7. Carapace with horizontal entire dorsal surface laterally. Telson with a distinct subaculear tooth.[ 2]
Species
There are about 42 species.[ 1]
Lychas aberlenci Lourenço, 2013 Lychas americanus Koch, 1845 Lychas annulatus Glauert, 1925 Lychas armasi Kovarík, 2013 Lychas armillatus (Gervais, 1841) Lychas asper (Pocock, 1891) Lychas biharensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 Lychas brehieri Lourenço, 2017 Lychas buchardi Kovarík, 1997 Lychas buchari Kovařík, 1997 Lychas cernickai Kovarík, 2013 Lychas ceylonensis Lourenço & Huber, 1999 Lychas flavimanus (Thorell, 1888) Lychas gravelyi Henderson, 1913 Lychas hendersoni (Pocock, 1897) Lychas hillyardi Kovarík, 1997 Lychas inexpectatus Lourenço, 2011 Lychas jonesae Glauert, 1925 Lychas kamshetensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 Lychas kharpadi Bastawade, 1986 Lychas krali Kovarík, 1995 Lychas lappa Glauert, 1954 Lychas lourencoi Kovarík, 1997 Lychas mabillanus Rochebrune, 1884 Lychas marmoreus (C.L.Koch, 1844) Lychas melanodactylus Koch, 1867 Lychas mjobergi Kraepelin, 1916 Lychas mucronatus (Fabricius, 1798) Lychas nigristernis (Pocock, 1899) Lychas obsti Kraepelin, 1913 Lychas paraensis Koch, 1845 Lychas perfidus (Keyserling, 1885) Lychas rackae Kovarík, 1997 Lychas rugosus (Pocock, 1897) Lychas santoensis Lourenço, 2009 Lychas scaber (Pocock, 1893) Lychas scutilus C.L.Koch, 1845 Lychas serratus (Pocock, 1891) Lychas shelfordi (Borelli, 1904) Lychas spinatus Kraepelin, 1916 Lychas srilankensis Lorenco, 1997 Lychas truncatus Glauert, 1925 Lychas variatus (Thorell, 1876)
References
^ a b c "Lychas C.L.Koch, 1845" . www.gbif.org . Retrieved 11 May 2021 .^ Charles University; Kovařík, František; Lowe, Graeme; Monell Chemical Senses Center; Ranawana, Kithsiri B.; University of Peradeniya; Hoferek, David; Jayarathne, V. A. Sanjeewa; University of Peradeniya (2016). "Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat. n" . Euscorpius . 2016 (220): 1– 133. doi :10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1 . Retrieved 2021-08-29 .
