Lychas is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. 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.
Description
Total length is 21.8 to 90 mm.
Species
There are about 42 species.
- Lychas aberlenci
- Lychas americanus
- Lychas annulatus <small>Glauert, 1925</small>
- Lychas armasi <small>KovarÃÂk, 2013</small>
- Lychas armillatus <small>(Gervais, 1841)</small>
- Lychas asper <small>(Pocock, 1891)</small>
- Lychas biharensis <small>Tikader & Bastawade, 1983</small>
- Lychas brehieri <small>Lourenço, 2017</small>
- Lychas buchardi <small>KovarÃÂk, 1997</small>
- Lychas buchari <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 1997</small>
- Lychas cernickai <small>KovarÃÂk, 2013</small>
- Lychas ceylonensis <small>Lourenço & Huber, 1999</small>
- Lychas flavimanus <small>(Thorell, 1888)</small>
- Lychas gravelyi <small>Henderson, 1913</small>
- Lychas hendersoni <small>(Pocock, 1897)</small>
- Lychas hillyardi <small>KovarÃÂk, 1997</small>
- Lychas inexpectatus <small>Lourenço, 2011</small>
- Lychas jonesae <small>Glauert, 1925</small>
- Lychas kamshetensis <small>Tikader & Bastawade, 1983</small>
- Lychas kharpadi <small>Bastawade, 1986</small>
- Lychas krali <small>KovarÃÂk, 1995</small>
- Lychas lappa <small>Glauert, 1954</small>
- Lychas lourencoi <small>KovarÃÂk, 1997</small>
- Lychas mabillanus <small>Rochebrune, 1884</small>
- Lychas marmoreus <small>(C.L.Koch, 1844)</small>
- Lychas melanodactylus <small>Koch, 1867</small>
- Lychas mjobergi <small>Kraepelin, 1916</small>
- Lychas mucronatus <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small>
- Lychas nigristernis <small>(Pocock, 1899)</small>
- Lychas obsti <small>Kraepelin, 1913</small>
- Lychas paraensis <small>Koch, 1845</small>
- Lychas perfidus <small>(Keyserling, 1885)</small>
- Lychas rackae <small>KovarÃÂk, 1997</small>
- Lychas rugosus <small>(Pocock, 1897)</small>
- Lychas santoensis <small>Lourenço, 2009</small>
- Lychas scaber <small>(Pocock, 1893)</small>
- Lychas scutilus <small>C.L.Koch, 1845</small>
- Lychas serratus <small>(Pocock, 1891)</small>
- Lychas shelfordi <small>(Borelli, 1904)</small>
- Lychas spinatus <small>Kraepelin, 1916</small>
- Lychas srilankensis <small>Lorenco, 1997</small>
- Lychas truncatus <small>Glauert, 1925</small>
- Lychas variatus <small>(Thorell, 1876)</small>
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