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Opistophthalmus schlechteri (Purcell, 1898) Picture by paulbester Opistophthalmus schlechteri (Schlechter's Burrowing Scorpion) from near AggeneysA rare species that only occurs in the North Western parts of the Bushmanland; where they construct burrows in a...

Opistophthalmus schultzei (Kraepelin, 1908) Picture by undwe

Opistophthalmus setifrons (Lawrence, 1961) Picture by undwe

Opistophthalmus ugabensis (Hewitt, 1934) Picture by goggaman Picture by cypselurus

Opistophthalmus wahlbergii (Thorell, 1876) Picture by paulbester Opistophthalmus wahlbergii (Kalahari Burrowing Scorpion) from Klein Pella Opistophthalmus wahlbergii (Kalahari Burrowing Scorpion) from Mata Mata.Quite a pale specimen with a deformed leg. M...

Opistophthalmus werneri (Lamoral & Reynders, 1975)

Opistophthalmus tumas sp. n. from Namibia Fig. 1-2. Opistophthalmus tumas sp. n., ♂ holotype, habitus. 1. Dorsal. 2. Ventral. Fig. 3-4. Opistophthalmus tumas sp. n., ♀ paratype, habitus. 3. Dorsal. 4. Ventral. Fig. 12-13. Opistophthalmus holmi, ♂ from Koich...

Opistophthalmus granicauda (Purcell, 1898) Picture by paulbester Opistophthalmus granicauda (Rough-Tailed Burrowing Scorpion) from the RichtersveldA species that inhabits the North Western parts of South Africa. They can be found in the Northern parts of the...

Parabuthus Pocock, 1890 (41)P. abyssinicus Pocock, 1901*P. brevimanus (Thorell, 1876)P. calvus Purcell, 1898P. capensis (Ehrenberg, 1831)P. cimrmani Kovarik, 2004*P. distridor Lamoral, 1980P. dorisae Kovarik, Lowe, Elmi & Stahlavsky, 2024*P. erigavoensis Kovar...

P. abyssinicus Pocock, 1901 Figures 1–7: Figures 1–6. Parabuthus abyssinicus. Figures 1–2. Male from Ethiopia, locality 11EW in dorsal (1) and ventral(2) views. Figure 3. Juvenile from Ethiopia, locality 11EW in dorsal view. Figures 4–5: Female from Eritrea...

Parabuthus brevimanus (Thorell,1876) (10) Parabuthus brevimanus (Thorell, 1876). REF- PRENDINI & BIRD: SCORPIONS OF THE BRANDBERG MASSIF, NAMIBIA

P. calvus Purcell, 1898 Parabuthus calvus (Waxy Thicktail Scorpion) from Vanrhynsdorp Picture by xander.swart Parabuthus calvus - Waxy Thicktail Scorpion from Inverdoorn Game Reserve, Western Cape. Picture by paul Parabuthus calvus (Waxy Thicktail S...

P. capensis (Ehrenberg, 1831)

Parabuthus cimrmani Kovarik, 2004* REF- Parabuthus cimrmani sp. nov. from Somalia (Scorpiones: Buthidae) Figs 1–5. Parabuthus cimrmani sp. nov. 1 – male holotype, dorsal aspect; 2 – male holotype, metasoma, stridulationarea; 3 – female allotype, metasoma,...

Parabuthus distridor Lamoral, 1980 Picture by paulbester Parabuthus distridor (Smooth Thicktail Scorpion) from the RichtersveldA highly sand-adapted species, living on the loose red sand of the Richtersveld and Namaqualand. One of the few Parabuthus that lac...

Parabuthus dorisae Kovarik, Lowe, Elmi & Stahlavsky, 2024* Figures 27–28. Parabuthus dorisae sp. n., male holotype, in dorsal (27) and ventral (28) views. Scale bar: 10 mm. Figures 29–35: Parabuthus dorisae sp. n. Figure 29. Juvenile paratype 60 mm long,...

  REF- New considerations on the Leiurus Ehrenberg(Scorpiones: Buthidae) distributed in Africa and descriptionof a particular species from Egypt

Leiurus tamajeq sp. n. (Mali) Figs. 1-2. Leiurus tamajeq sp. n., male holotype, habitus. 1. dorsal aspect. 2. ventralaspect. (Scale bar: 2 cm).

Leiurus sinai [Badry, Saleh, Lourenco & Ythier, 2023] Fig. 1-2. Leiurus sinai sp. n., ♀ holotype, habitus.1. Dorsal aspect. 2. Ventral aspect. Fig. 3-4. Leiurus sinai sp. n., ♂ paratype from Bir El Hassana, habitus.3. Dorsal aspect. 4. Ventral aspect. Fig. ...

Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 (40) A. aeneas C. L. Koch, 1839*A. afghanus Lourenço & Qi, 2006*A. agrab Ythier & Lourenço, 2022*A. aleksandrplotkini Lourenço & Qi, 2007*A. amoreuxi (Audouin,1826)A. amoreuxi amoreuxi (Audouin,1826)A. amoreuxi levyi Fet, 1997A. au...