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Scorpio (genus)

Scorpio is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae. The species in this genus are found in northern Africa and western Asia.

Species

Scorpio was regarded as a monotypic genus for a long time, containing one widespread and highly variable species, S. maurus, which had many subspecies. It has since been recognised that within S. maurus sensu lato there were a number of taxa which should be regarded as valid species and new species have been described from sub-Saharan Africa:

The genus Scorpio includes:

* Scorpio maurus arabicus (Pocock, 1900)
* Scorpio maurus behringsi Schenkel, 1949 [Nomen dubium]
* Scorpio maurus maurus Linnaeus, 1758
* Scorpio maurus stemmleri Schenkel, 1949 [Nomen dubium]
* Scorpio maurus towsendi (Pocock, 1900)

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