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.

24 January, 2019

A new species of Microtityus from Southeast Cuba

Rolando Teruel has recently published an article describing a new species of Microtityus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966 (Buthidae) from semide...

17 January, 2019

Refilling your venom glands - step by step

Scorpions use their venom for prey capture and defense. Several studies have shown that scorpions have different strategies for optimizin...

14 January, 2019

A new species of Gint from Somaliland

Frantisek Kovarik and Graeme Low recently published a new species of Gint from Somaliland. Gint banfasae Kovarik & Lowe, 2019 Th...

10 January, 2019

Bothriuridae in Asia - No more

In 1996, Wilson Lourenco described the species Cercophonius himalayensis Lourenco, 1996 (Bothriuridae) from the Himalayas of India. This...

Five new species of Brachistosternus from deserts in Chile and Peru

Andres Ojanguren-Affilastro and co-workers have published a new paper on the Brachistosternus Pocock, 1893 (Bothriuridae) fauna in deser...

04 January, 2019

A new species of Auyantepuia from Brazil

Eric ythier has recently published an article describing a new species of Auyantepuia González Sponga, 1978 (Chactidae) from Brazil. A...

03 January, 2019

A new cave-dwelling Chaerilus species from the Philippines

Happy New Year! Wilson Lourenco and Andrea Rossi have recently published an article on the cave population of Chaerilus Simon, 1877 (C...

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