Family
Buthidae
Androctonus
amoreuxi (Audouin, 1825)
Salloum,
Edco, Baltim, Siwa, Bahariya Oasis, Owainat, Cairo, Helwan, Saqqarah, Kafr
Ammar (center-Ayat, Giza), El-Fayoum and Tamia, Wadi El Rayan, Amarna and
Sheikh Fadl (al-Minya), Aswan, Wadi Halfa, Ismailia and Nefisha, Suez, east of
the Suez Canal from Kantara till Abu Rudeis (Sinai), and Wadi El-De'ieb (South East Egypt)
Androctonus
australis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Salloum,
Marsa Matrouh, El-Omayed protectorate, Wadi El-Natron, Cairo, Mount
El-Anqabiah? (South Cairo-Suez road), Giza, Sinai
Androctonus
bicolor Ehrenberg, 1828
Marsa
Matruh, E-Hammam, Alexandria, Kafr Jamous (near Cairo), Cairo, Zaranik
protectorate (west of El Arish)
Androctonus
crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)
Wadi
Feiran (South Sinai)
Androctonus
tenuissimus Teruel, Kovařík & Turiel,
2013
Marsa Matruh, Ad Daba'ah
Buthacus arenicola (Simon, 1885) (??)
Alexandria, Suez Canal region, Sinai
Buthacus leptochelys (Ehrenberg, 1829)
Alexandria, Mariout, El-Omayed protectorate,
Rashid, Port Said, Suez, Cairo until Luxor, Giza, Fayoum, Wadi El Rayan,
El-Kharga oasis, Siwa, Sinai, Zaranik protectorate (west of El-Arish), Abu
Ramad (South East Egypt)
Buthus adrianae Rossi, 2013
El-Hammam,
about 70 km south-west of Alexandria
Buthus
egyptiensis Lourenço, 2012
SW of Siwa
Buthus
intumescens (Ehrenberg, 1829)
Upper
Egypt ?
Buthus israelis (Shulov
& Amitai, 1959)
South
Sinai
Buthus occitanus (Amoreux, 1789) ???
Alexandria,
Marsa Matrouh, Cairo, Kafr Ammar (center-Ayat, Giza), Sinai, Shalateen, Abu
Ramad and Bir Frokit (South East Egypt)
Buthus orientalis Lourenço & Simon, 2012
Alexandria
Compsobuthus
acutecarinatus (Simon, 1882) (??) [maybe misidentification of C. werneri]
Salloum,
Siwa, Helwan, Giza, Kafr Ammar (center-Ayat, Giza), Assiut till Wadi Halfa,
Sinai
Compsobuthus
egyptiensis Lourenço,
Sun
& Zhu, 2009
Siwa
Compsobuthus
kabateki
Kovařík, 2003
Luxor
Compsobuthus
werneri (Birula, 1908)
Gezirat
El-Haggar (near El-Shohada, Menoufiya), St. Catherine, Wadi Feiran and Nabq
(South Sinai), Wadi Halfa, Shalateen, Wadi Akao and Wadi Serimtai (south-east
Egypt)
Compsobuthus
werneri longipalpis Levy, Amitai & Shulov,
1973 (??)
Sinai
Egyptobuthus
vaissadei Lourenço, 1999
Sinai
Hottentotta
hottentotta (Fabricius, 1787) (??)
Hottentotta
minax (L. Koch, 1875)
Upper
Egypt (?) [?? Sudan]
Hottentotta
scaber (Hemprich & Ehrenberg,
1828) (??)
Hottentotta
trilineata (Peters, 1862) (??)
Isometrus
maculatus (De Geer, 1778) (??)
Alexandria?,
Port Said
Leiurus
quinquestriatus (Ehrenberg, 1828)
Marsa
Matrouh, Omayed protectorate, Siwa, Oasis Kharga, Nekheila, oasis Dakhla,
Western Desert, Cairo, Giza, Abu Sir, Fayoum, El-Gharak, Tamia and Karun lake,
Amarna, Gerga, Beliana, Qena, Luxor, Aswan, Wadi Halfa, Suez, Ras Gharib, Mount
Gharamoul, Hurghada , springs of Moses, Mount Maghara, St. Catherine and Wadi
Feiran, the island Sanafir and protectorates of Ras Mohammed, Nabq and Abu
Galoum (South Sinai), Shalateen, Wadi Akao and Wadi Serimtai (south-east Egypt)
Microbuthus
flavorufus
Lourenço & Duhem,
2007
Zafarana
south of Suez
Orthochirus
aristidis (Simon, 1882)
Luxor,
Aswan, Nubia, Wadi Halfa, Shalateen and Wadi Serimtai (south-east Egypt)?
Orthochirus
innesi Simon, 1910
Mokattam
and Wadi Degla (near Cairo), Omayed protectorate, Siwa
Orthochirus
scrobiculosus (Grube, 1873)
Nabq
protectorate (South Sinai)
Parabuthus
hunteri Pocock, 1895
Kafr
Ammar (center-Ayat, Giza)
Parabuthus
leiosoma (Ehrenberg, 1828)
Shalateen
and Abu Ramad (south-east Egypt)
Family
Diplocentridae
Nebo
hierichonticus (Simon, 1872)
St.
Catherine, Wadi Feiran (South Sinai), Jebel Ataka (near Suez), Mokattam (near
Cairo)
Family
Hemiscorpiidae
Hemiscorpius
egyptiensis Lourenço, 2011
Nubia (Upper Egypt), near to the Nile, ?Philae near to Aswan
Family
Scorpionidae
Scorpio
maurus Linnaeus, 1758
St.
Catherine, Wadi Feiran (South Sinai)
Scorpio maurus palmatus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828)
Alexandria, Cairo, Fayoum, Wadi El-Natron,
South Sinai
Family Euscorpiidae
Euscorpius sicanus (C.L. Koch, 1837)
Alexandria
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List
Family Buthidae
Androctonus amoreuxi (Audouin, 1825)
Androctonus australis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Androctonus bicolor Ehrenberg, 1828
Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)
Androctonus
tenuissimus Teruel, Kovařík & Turiel,
2013
Buthacus arenicola (Simon, 1885) (??)
Buthacus leptochelys (Ehrenberg, 1829)
Buthus adrianae Rossi, 2013
Buthus egyptiensis Lourenço, 2012
Buthus intumescens (Ehrenberg, 1829)
Buthus israelis (Shulov &
Amitai, 1959)
Buthus occitanus (Amoreux, 1789) ???
Buthus
orientalis Lourenço & Simon,
2012
Compsobuthus
acutecarinatus (Simon, 1882) (??) [maybe misidentification of C.
werneri]
Compsobuthus
egyptiensis
Lourenço, Sun & Zhu, 2009
Compsobuthus
kabateki
Kovařík, 2003
Compsobuthus
werneri (Birula, 1908)
Compsobuthus
werneri longipalpis Levy, Amitai & Shulov,
1973 (??)
Egyptobuthus vaissadei Lourenço, 1999
Hottentotta hottentotta (Fabricius, 1787) (??)
Hottentotta minax (L. Koch, 1875)
Hottentotta scaber (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828) (??)
Hottentotta trilineata (Peters, 1862) (??)
Isometrus maculatus (De Geer, 1778) (??)
Leiurus quinquestriatus (Ehrenberg, 1828)
Microbuthus
flavorufus
Lourenço & Duhem, 2007
Orthochirus
aristidis (Simon, 1882)
Orthochirus innesi Simon, 1910
Orthochirus scrobiculosus (Grube, 1873)
Parabuthus
hunteri Pocock, 1895
Parabuthus
leiosoma (Ehrenberg, 1828)
Family
Diplocentridae
Nebo
hierichonticus (Simon, 1872)
Family
Hemiscorpiidae
Hemiscorpius
egyptiensis Lourenço, 2011
Family
Scorpionidae
Scorpio
maurus Linnaeus, 1758
Scorpio
maurus palmatus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828)
Family
Euscorpiidae
Euscorpius sicanus (C.L. Koch, 1837)
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5
Families, 15 genera, 35 species
[some species may be misidentified!]
Family
Buthidae: Androctonus 5 spp., Buthacus 2 spp., Buthus 6
spp.,
Compsobuthus
5 spp., Egyptobuthus 1 sp., Hottentotta 4
spp., Isometrus 1 sp.,
Leiurus 1 sp., Microbuthus 1 sp., Orthochirus 3 spp., Parabuthus 2
spp.
[11 genera, 31 species]
Family
Diplocentridae: Nebo 1 sp.
Family
Hemiscorpiidae: Hemiscorpius 1 sp.
Family
Scorpionidae: Scorpio 1 sp. (1 ssp.)
Family
Euscorpiidae: Euscorpius 1 sp.
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