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.

31 August, 2026

A new species of Alpiscorpius from from Denizli Province in Turkey

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  Ersen Yagmur has described a new species of Alpiscorpius Gantenbein et al., 1999 (Euscorpiidae) from from Denizli Province in Turkey. Alpi...
21 August, 2026

A new species of Androctonus from Syria

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  Ersen Yagmur and Ahmad Aidek have recently published an article with a description of a new species in the medical important genus Androct...
20 August, 2026

Taxonomic comments on some species of Bothriurus from Brazil and one new species

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  Wilson Lourenco and co-workers have recently published an article with considerations of some species in Bothriurus  Peters, 1861 (Bothriu...
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 Liocheles 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...
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