Tityus is a large genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of thick-tailed scorpions (family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Buthidae), the namesake of its subfamily Tityinae. , Tityus contains more than 200 described species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 distributed throughout the Caribbean

Caribbean

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 and South America

South America

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 and in Central America

Central America

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 as far north as Costa Rica

Costa Rica

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. New species are being discovered and described every few months on average.

The genus contains several dangerously venom

Venom

Venom is the general term referring to any variety of toxins used by certain types of animals that inject it into their victims by the means of a bite or a sting...

ous scorpions, the best known of which is the Brazilian yellow scorpion, T. serrulatus

Tityus serrulatus

Tityus serrulatus, the Brazilian yellow scorpion, is a species of scorpion belonging to the family Buthidae. It is native to Brazil and its venom is extremely toxic. It is considered the most dangerous scorpion in Brazil, and has been known to cause deaths in children. It is usually parthenogenetic....

. Its venom can cause severe illness, and in the young, old and infirm even death.

Species

• Tityus aba Candido, Lucas, de Souza, Diaz & Lira-da-Silva, 2005
• Tityus abudi Armas, 1999
• Tityus acananensis González-Sponga, 2009
• Tityus adisi Lourenço, 2002
• Tityus adrianoi Lourenço, 2003
• Tityus ahincoi González-Sponga, 2001
• Tityus altithronus Armas, 1999
• Tityus anasilviae Armas & Abud Antun, 2004
• Tityus androcottoides (Karsch, 1879)
• Tityus anduzei González-Sponga, 1997
• Tityus angelesae Santiago-Blay, 2009
• Tityus anneae Lourenço, 1997
• Tityus antioquensis Lourenço & Otero Patiño, 1998
• Tityus apiacas Lourenço]] 2002
• Tityus arellanoparrai González-Sponga, 1985
• Tityus argentinus Borelli, 1899
• Tityus asthenes Pocock, 1893
• Tityus atriventer Pocock, 1897
• Tityus bahiensis (Perty, 1833)
• Tityus bahoruco Teruel & Armas, 2006
• Tityus barquisimetanus González-Sponga, 1994
• Tityus bastosi Lourenço, 1984
• Tityus bellulus Armas, 1999
• Tityus betschi Lourenço, 1992
• Tityus birabeni Abalos, 1955
• Tityus blanci Lourenço, 1994
• Tityus blaseri Mello-Leitão, 1931
• Tityus boconoensis González-Sponga, 1981
• Tityus bolivanus Kraepelin, 1895
• Tityus brazilae Lourenço & Eickstedt, 1984
• Tityus breweri González-Sponga, 1997
• Tityus cachipalensis González-Sponga, 2002
• Tityus caesarbarrioi González-Sponga, 2001
• Tityus canopensis Lourenço, 2002
• Tityus carabobensis González-Sponga, 1987
• Tityus carinatoides Mello-Leitão, 1945
• Tityus caripitensis Quiroga, deSousa & Parrilla-Alvarez, 2000
• Tityus carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1945
• Tityus cerroazul Lourenço, 1986
• Tityus charalaensis Mello-Leitão, 1940
• Tityus charreyroni Vellard, 1932
• Tityus chilensis Lourenço, 2005
• Tityus clathratus C. L. Koch, 1844
• Tityus columbianus (Thorell, 1876)
• Tityus confluens Borelli, 1899
• Tityus costatus (Karsch, 1879)
• Tityus crassimanus (Thorell, 1876)
• Tityus cuellari Lourenço, 1994
• Tityus culebrensis González-Sponga, 1994
• Tityus cylindricus (Karsch, 1879)
• Tityus dasyurus Pocock, 1897
• Tityus dedoslargos Francke & Stockwell, 1987
• Tityus demangei Lourenço, 1981
• Tityus dinizi Lourenço, 1997
• Tityus discrepans (Karsch, 1879)
• Tityus dorae González-Sponga, 2001
• Tityus duacaensis González-Sponga, 2007
• Tityus dulceae González-Sponga, 2006
• Tityus dupouyi González-Sponga, 1987
• Tityus ebanoverde Armas, 1999
• Tityus ecuadorensis Kraepelin, 1896
• Tityus elii (Armas & Marcano Fondeur, 1992)
• Tityus elizabethae Lourenço & Ramos, 2004
• Tityus elizabethebravoi González-Sponga & Wall Gonzalez, 2007
• Tityus engelkei Pocock, 1902
• Tityus estherae Santiago-Blay, 2009
• Tityus evandroi Mello-Leitão, 1945
• Tityus exstinctus Lourenço, 1995
• Tityus fasciolatus Pessôa, 1935
• Tityus festae Borelli, 1899
• Tityus filodendron González-Sponga, 1981
• Tityus florezi Lourenço, 2000
• Tityus footei Chamberlin, 1916
• Tityus forcipula (Gervais, 1843)
• Tityus fuhrmanni Kraepelin, 1914
• Tityus funestus Hirst, 1911
• Tityus gaffini Lourenço, 2000
• Tityus gasci Lourenço, 1982
• Tityus gonzalespongai Quiroga, de Sousa, Parrilla-Alvarez & Manzanilla, 2004
• Tityus guaricoensis Gonzalez-Sponga, 2004
• Tityus imei Borges, de Sousa & Manzanilla, 2006
• Tityus indecisus Mello-Leitão, 1934
• Tityus insignis (Pocock, 1889)
• Tityus intermedius Borelli, 1899
• Tityus irapaensis González-Sponga, 2002
• Tityus isabelceciliae González-Sponga, D'Suze & Sevcik, 2001
• Tityus ivani González-Sponga, 2008
• Tityus ivicnancor González-Sponga, 1997
• Tityus jeanvellardi Lourenço, 2001
• Tityus julianae Lourenço, 2005
• Tityus juliorum Santiago-Blay, 2009
• Tityus jussarae Lourenço, 1988
• Tityus kaderkai Kovarik, 2005
• Tityus kalettai González-Sponga, 2007
• Tityus kuryi Lourenço, 1997
• Tityus lancinii González-Sponga, 1972
• Tityus lokiae Lourenço, 2005
• Tityus longidigitus González-Sponga, 2008
• Tityus Lourençoi Flórez, 1996
• Tityus lutzi Giltay, 1928
• Tityus macrochirus Pocock, 1897
• Tityus magnimanus Pocock, 1897
• Tityus maimirensis González-Sponga, 2007
• Tityus manakai González-Sponga, 2004
• Tityus maniapurensis González-Sponga, 2009
• Tityus marajoensis Lourenço & da Silva, 2007
• Tityus maranhensis Lourenço, de Jesus Junior & Limeira-de-Oliveira, 2006
• Tityus martinpaechi Lourenço, 2001
• Tityus matthieseni Lourenço & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2000
• Tityus mattogrossensis Borelli, 1901
• Tityus maturinensis González-Sponga, 2008
• Tityus melanostictus Pocock, 1893
• Tityus melici Lourenço, 2003
• Tityus metuendus Pocock, 1897
• Tityus michelii Armas, 1982
• Tityus microcystis Lutz & Mello, 1922
• Tityus monaguensis González-Sponga, 1974
• Tityus mongei Lourenço, 1996
• Tityus mucusunamensis González-Sponga, 2006
• Tityus munozi Lourenço, 1997
• Tityus neblina Lourenço, 2008
• Tityus neglectus Mello-Leitão, 1932
• Tityus neibae Armas, 1999
• Tityus nelsoni Lourenço]] 2005
• Tityus nematochirus Mello-Leitão, 1940
• Tityus neoespartanus González-Sponga, 1996
• Tityus nororientalis González-Sponga, 1996
• Tityus obispoi González-Sponga, 2006
• Tityus obscurus (Gervais, 1843)
• Tityus obtusus (Karsch, 1879)
• Tityus ocelote Francke & Stockwell, 1987
• Tityus osmanus González-Sponga, 1996
• Tityus oteroi Lourenço, 1998
• Tityus ottenwalderi Armas, 1999
• Tityus pachyurus Pocock, 1897
• Tityus pampanensis González-Sponga, 2007
• Tityus paraguayensis Kraepelin, 1895
• Tityus parvulus Kraepelin, 1914
• Tityus paulistorum Lourenço & Qi, 2006
• Tityus perijanensis González-Sponga, 1994
• Tityus pictus Pocock, 1893
• Tityus pintodarochai
  Tityus pintodarochai
  Tityus pintodarochai is a species of scorpion belonging to the family Buthidae. It is presently only known from a single female collected in Paraná state, Brazil....
  
  Lourenço, 2005
• Tityus pittieri González-Sponga, 1981
• Tityus pococki Hirst, 1907
• Tityus portoplatensis Armas & Marcano Fondeur, 1992
• Tityus potameis Lourenço & Leão Giupponi, 2004
• Tityus prancei Lourenço, 2000
• Tityus proseni Abalos, 1954
• Tityus pugilator Pocock, 1898
• Tityus pusillus Pocock, 1893
• Tityus quiriquirensis González-Sponga, 2008
• Tityus quirogae De Sousa, Manzanilla & Parrilla-Alvarez, 2006
• Tityus quisqueyanus (Armas, 1982)
• Tityus ramirezi Esquivel de Verde, 1969 [nomen dubium
  Nomen dubium
  In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...
  
  ]
• Tityus raquelae Lourenço, 1988
• Tityus rebieri Lourenço, 1997
• Tityus riocaurensis González-Sponga, 1996
• Tityus rionegrensis Lourenço, 2006
• Tityus riverai Teruel & Sanchez, 2009
• Tityus roigi Maury & Lourenço, 1987
• Tityus rojasi González-Sponga, 1996
• Tityus romeroi González-Sponga, 2008
• Tityus rondonorum Rojas-Runjaic & Armas, 2007
• Tityus rufofuscus Pocock, 1897
• Tityus rugosus Schenkel, 1932
• Tityus rusmelyae González-Sponga, D'Suze & Sevcik, 2001
• Tityus sabinae Lourenço, 1994
• Tityus sanarensis González-Sponga, 1997
• Tityus sanfernandoi González-Sponga, 2008
• Tityus sarisarinamensis González-Sponga, 2002
• Tityus sastrei Lourenço & Flórez, 1990
• Tityus septentrionalis Armas & Abud Antun, 2004
• Tityus serrulatus
  Tityus serrulatus
  Tityus serrulatus, the Brazilian yellow scorpion, is a species of scorpion belonging to the family Buthidae. It is native to Brazil and its venom is extremely toxic. It is considered the most dangerous scorpion in Brazil, and has been known to cause deaths in children. It is usually parthenogenetic....
  
  Lutz & Mello, 1922
• Tityus shiriana González-Sponga, 1991
• Tityus silvestris Pocock, 1897
• Tityus simonsi Pocock, 1900
• Tityus soratensis Kraepelin, 1912
• Tityus stigmurus (Thorell, 1876)
• Tityus strandi Werner, 1939
• Tityus surimeridensis González-Sponga, 2002
• Tityus surorientalis González-Sponga, 1996
• Tityus sylviae Lourenço, 2005
• Tityus tamayoi González-Sponga, 1987
• Tityus tayrona Lourenço, 1991
• Tityus tenuicauda Prendini, 2001
• Tityus thelyacanthus Mello-Leitão, 1933
• Tityus trinitatis Pocock, 1897
• Tityus trivittatus Kraepelin, 1898
• Tityus tucurui Lourenço, 1988
• Tityus uniformis Mello-Leitão, 1931
• Tityus unus Lourenço & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2000
• Tityus uquirensis González-Sponga, 2001
• Tityus urachichensis González-Sponga, 2007
• Tityus urbinai Scorza, 1952
• Tityus uruguayensis Borelli, 1901
• Tityus vaissadei Lourenço, 2002
• Tityus valerae Scorza, 1954
• Tityus venamensis González-Sponga, 1981
• Tityus ventuarensis González-Sponga, 2009
• Tityus walli González-Sponga & Wall Gonzalez, 2007
• Tityus wayuu Rojas-Runjaic & Armas, 2007
• Tityus yerenai González-Sponga, 2009
• Tityus ythieri Lourenço, 2007
• Tityus zulianus González-Sponga, 1981

External links

• Guide to dangerous scorpions

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