Centruroides

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Genus of scorpions

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::summary Genus of scorpions ::

| name = Centruroides | image = StripedBarkScorpion.jpg | image_caption = Striped bark scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) | fossil_range = | taxon = Centruroides | authority = Marx, 1890 | diversity_link = Centruroides#taxonomy | diversity = About 100 species

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Centruroides_limbatus,_Costa_Rica.JPG" caption="''[[Centruroides limbatus]]'' from the [[Osa Peninsula]], [[Costa Rica"] ::

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.

Taxonomy

The number of species accepted as valid may vary, depending on the authority. The genus is highly speciose, containing at least 100 species:

References

References

  1. Sissom, W. D. & W. O. Lourenço. (1987). "The genus ''Centruroides'' in South America (Scorpiones, Buthidae)". [[Journal of Arachnology]].
  2. Rein, J. O.. (2022). "Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837". [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
  3. Teruel, R. & F. Kovařík. (2010). "The true identity of the enigmatic scorpion ''Centruroides subgranosus'' (Kraepelin, 1898), with some taxonomic comments on ''Centruroides vittatus'' (Say, 1821) and ''Centruroides suffusus'' Pocock, 1902 (Scorpiones: Buthidae)". [[Euscorpius]].

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