Isometrus is a genus of scorpion belonging and being eponymous to the family Buthidae. Some species are currently assigned to the genus Reddyanus.
Distribution
The species of this genus are found in south and southeast Asia and in Oceania, with the exception of Isometrus maculatus which is pantropical.
Current species
- Isometrus adviteeya <small>Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024</small>
- Isometrus amboli <small>Sulakhe, 2020</small>
- Isometrus anamalaiensis <small>Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024</small>
- Isometrus antillanus <small>Thorell, 1876</small>
- Isometrus armatus <small>Pocock, 1891</small>
- Isometrus atherii <small>Amir & Kamaluddin, 2008</small>
- Isometrus atomarius <small>Simon, 1884</small>
- Isometrus bituberculatus <small>Pocock, 1891</small>
- Isometrus chinensis <small>Karsch, 1879</small>
- Isometrus devillei <small>Becker, 1880</small>
- Isometrus feae <small>Thorell, 1889</small>
- Isometrus formosus <small>Pocock, 1894</small>
- Isometrus garyi <small>Lourenço & Huber, 2002</small>
- Isometrus gracilis <small>Thorell, 1876</small>
- Isometrus hainanensis <small>Lourenço, Qi & Zhu, 2005</small>
- Isometrus infuscatus <small>Pocock, 1891</small>
- Isometrus isadensis <small>Tikader & Bastawade, 1983</small>
- Isometrus kovariki <small>Sulakhe, Dandekar, Mukherjee, Pandey, Ketkar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2020</small>
- Isometrus lao <small>Lourenço & Leguin, 2012</small>
- Isometrus liaqatii <small>Amir & Kamaluddin, 2008</small>
- Isometrus lithophilis <small>Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024</small>
- Isometrus maculatus <small>(DeGeer, 1778)</small>
- Isometrus mesor <small>Simon, 1884</small>
- Isometrus palani <small>Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024</small>
- Isometrus pallidimanus <small>Karsch, 1879</small>
- Isometrus papuensis <small>Werner, 1916</small>
- Isometrus phipsoni <small>Oates, 1888</small>
- Isometrus sonticus <small>Karsch, 1879</small>
- Isometrus tamhini <small>Sulakhe, Dandekar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2020</small>
- Isometrus thenmala <small>Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024</small>
- Isometrus thorellii <small>Koch & Keyserling, 1885</small>
- Isometrus thurstoni <small>Pocock, 1893</small>
- Isometrus thwaitesi <small>Pocock, 1897</small>
- Isometrus weberi <small>Karsch, 1882</small>
Former species
All species are assigned to Reddyanus.
- Isometrus acanthurus Pocock, 1899
- Isometrus assamensis Oates, 1888
- Isometrus basilicus Karsch, 1879
- Isometrus besucheti Vachon, 1982
- Isometrus bilyi KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2003
- Isometrus brachycentrus Pocock, 1899
- Isometrus corbeti Tikader & Batawade, 1983
- Isometrus deharvengi Lourenço & Duhem, 2010
- Isometrus heimi Vachon, 1976
- Isometrus khammamensis KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2003
- Isometrus krasenskyi KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 1998
- Isometrus kurkai KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 1997
- Isometrus loebli Vachon, 1982
- Isometrus melanodactylus (L. Koch, 1867)
- Isometrus navaiae KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 1998
- Isometrus petrzelkai KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2003
- Isometrus problematicus KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2003
- Isometrus rigidulus Pocock, 1897
- Isometrus tibetanus Lourenço & Zhu, 2008
- Isometrus vittatus Pocock, 1900
- Isometrus zideki KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 1994
References
- Ehrenberg, 1828 : Arachnoidea, Scorpiones. in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae seu icones et descriptiones animalium evertebratorum sepositis insectis quae ex itinere per Africanum borealem et Asiam occidentalem. Friderici Guielmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg, studio novae aut illustratae redierunt. Percensuit editit Dr. C.G. Ehrehberg. Decas I. Berolini ex officina Academica, venditur a Mittlero, Berlin.
- Sulakhe, Shauri & Dandekar, Nikhil & Mukherjee, Shomen & Pandey, Malay & Ketkar, Makarand & Padhye, Anand & Bastawade, Deshabhushan. (2020). A new species of Isometrus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from southern India. 310. 1-13.