The Scorpion Files Newsblog

This blog will list news about all aspects of scorpion biology and important taxonomical updates from The scorpion Files. The Scorpion Files is a leading information source about scorpions, and has among others an updated list of all extant families, genera and species.(C) Jan Ove Rein and The Scorpion Files.

14 August, 2026

A new species of Janalychas from India

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  Sudheer Kumar Jena and Pratyush Mohapatra have recently published an article describing a new species of Janalychas  Kovarik, 2019 (Buthid...

A new species of Licheles from Western Himalays, India

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  Virender K. Bhardwaj and co-workers recently described a new species of Liocheles  Sundevall, 1833 (Hormuridae) from Western Himalayas in ...
13 August, 2026

Two cases of non-native scorpion introduction in Bermuda

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  The island of Bermuda has no native scorpions, but as for other countries lacking our favorite animal groups, they do get introduced stowa...

Differences in sprinting performance between burrowing and non-burrowing scorpions

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  Scorpions are different. Some move quickly, others more slowly. Some make burrows and stay there most of the time, while others are more a...
12 August, 2026

Scorpions are the most scary arthropod in Somaliland

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  It is well known that many animals and especially arthropods cause fear and phobias in humans (e.g. arachnophobia). Hassan Sh Abdirahman E...
10 August, 2026

A new species of the little known genus Cicileus from Algeria

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  Lotfi Derradj and co-workers recently published an article describing a new species in the little known genus Cicileus  Vachon, ...
05 August, 2026

Formalization of a few taxonomcial decisions

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  Victoria Tang has previously published a number of nomenclatural, taxonomic, and faunistic acts in a an article that is formally not vali...
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