There is still a lot to learn about the large scorpion fauna of China, both when it comes to new taxa but also by evaluating old works. Victoria Tang has recently published a new review of the scorpion fauna of China.
The article focuses especially on the genera Reddyanus Vachon, 1972 and Razianus Farzanpay, 1987 (both Buthidae). The following taxonomical changes were made:
Raised to species status from synonymization:
Reddyanus hainanensis (Lourenço, 2005) Restored from synonymy with Isometrus petrzelkai Kovarík, 2003.
Reddyanus lao (Lourenço & Leguin, 2005) Restored from synonymy with Isometrus petrzelkai Kovarík, 2003.
Synonymization:
Reddyanus tibetanus (Lourenco & Zhu, 2008) is synonymized with Reddyanus assamensis (Oates, 1888).
New status:
Reddyanus kanak Lourenço, 2023 is tentatively considered as a nomen dubium.
An updated catalogue of scorpiofauna of China is also provided.
Abstract:
Two genera associated with the scorpiofauna of China are reviewed, Razianus Farzanpay, 1987 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972. Holotype female of Razianus xinjianganus Lourenço et al., 2010 is presumed to be lost, as well as all type material of other Chinese scorpions described before 2020. Comments are given on the species composition of genus Reddyanus with a new synonym: Isometrus (Reddyanus) tibetanus Lourenço & Zhu, 2008 = Reddyanus assamensis (Oates, 1888) syn. n. Reddyanus kanak Lourenço, 2023 is tentatively considered as a nomen dubium. An updated catalogue of scorpiofauna of China is provided, including their type locality and type depository, protonym, synonym(s), misidentification(s), Chinese equivalent name and distribution in China. Several Tibetan Scorpiops species will be addressed in a subsequent paper. Finally, a list of errata in the preceding taxonomic papers by the current author is also included.
Reference:
Tang V. A review of scorpiofauna of China: nomenclatural notes and updated faunistic catalogue (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Euscorpius. 2025(404):1-24. [Open Access]
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