Lychas

Lychas is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae.^[1] It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.^[1]

Description

Total length is 21.8 to 90 mm.^[2]

Species

There are about 42 species.^[1]

Lychas aberlenciLourenço, 2013
Lychas americanusKoch, 1845
Lychas annulatusGlauert, 1925
Lychas armasiKovarík, 2013
Lychas armillatus(Gervais, 1841)
Lychas asper(Pocock, 1891)
Lychas biharensisTikader & Bastawade, 1983
Lychas brehieriLourenço, 2017
Lychas buchardiKovarík, 1997
Lychas buchariKovařík, 1997
Lychas cernickaiKovarík, 2013
Lychas ceylonensisLourenço & Huber, 1999
Lychas flavimanus(Thorell, 1888)
Lychas gravelyiHenderson, 1913
Lychas hendersoni(Pocock, 1897)
Lychas hillyardiKovarík, 1997
Lychas inexpectatusLourenço, 2011
Lychas jonesaeGlauert, 1925
Lychas kamshetensisTikader & Bastawade, 1983
Lychas kharpadiBastawade, 1986
Lychas kraliKovarík, 1995
Lychas lappaGlauert, 1954
Lychas lourencoiKovarík, 1997
Lychas mabillanusRochebrune, 1884
Lychas marmoreus(C.L.Koch, 1844)
Lychas melanodactylusKoch, 1867
Lychas mjobergiKraepelin, 1916
Lychas mucronatus(Fabricius, 1798)
Lychas nigristernis(Pocock, 1899)
Lychas obstiKraepelin, 1913
Lychas paraensisKoch, 1845
Lychas perfidus(Keyserling, 1885)
Lychas rackaeKovarík, 1997
Lychas rugosus(Pocock, 1897)
Lychas santoensisLourenço, 2009
Lychas scaber(Pocock, 1893)
Lychas scutilusC.L.Koch, 1845
Lychas serratus(Pocock, 1891)
Lychas shelfordi(Borelli, 1904)
Lychas spinatusKraepelin, 1916
Lychas srilankensisLorenco, 1997
Lychas truncatusGlauert, 1925
Lychas variatus(Thorell, 1876)

References

1 2 3"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.

[GBIF-1] 1 2 3"Lychas C.L.Koch, 1845". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

[2] 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.

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