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Isometrus is a genus of scorpion belonging and being eponymous to the family Buthidae. Some species are currently assigned to the genus Reddyanus.




Distribution


The species of this genus are found in south and southeast Asia and in Oceania, with the exception of Isometrus maculatus which is pantropical.




Description


They are medium sized buthids, where the adults have a body length of 30 to 75 mm. Pedipalps are orthobothriotaxic. Chelal trichobothrium db is located between dt and et. There are 3 to 5 pairs of lateral eyes. Tibial spurs are absent on all legs. Movable and fixed fingers of pedipalps consists with six rows of granules.




Current species


Isometrus adviteeya Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024
Isometrus amboli Sulakhe, 2020
Isometrus anamalaiensis Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024
Isometrus antillanus Thorell, 1876
Isometrus armatus Pocock, 1891
Isometrus atherii Amir & Kamaluddin, 2008
Isometrus atomarius Simon, 1884
Isometrus bituberculatus Pocock, 1891
Isometrus chinensis Karsch, 1879
Isometrus devillei Becker, 1880
Isometrus feae Thorell, 1889
Isometrus formosus Pocock, 1894
Isometrus garyi Lourenço & Huber, 2002
Isometrus gracilis Thorell, 1876
Isometrus hainanensis Lourenço, Qi & Zhu, 2005
Isometrus infuscatus Pocock, 1891
Isometrus isadensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
Isometrus kovariki Sulakhe, Dandekar, Mukherjee, Pandey, Ketkar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2020
Isometrus lao Lourenço & Leguin, 2012
Isometrus liaqatii Amir & Kamaluddin, 2008
Isometrus lithophilis Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024
Isometrus maculatus (DeGeer, 1778)
Isometrus mesor Simon, 1884
Isometrus palani Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024
Isometrus pallidimanus Karsch, 1879
Isometrus papuensis Werner, 1916
Isometrus phipsoni Oates, 1888
Isometrus sonticus Karsch, 1879
Isometrus tamhini Sulakhe, Dandekar, Padhye & Bastawade, 2020
Isometrus thenmala Deshpande, Gowande, Dandekar, Joshi, Bastawade & Sulakhe, 2024
Isometrus thorellii Koch & Keyserling, 1885
Isometrus thurstoni Pocock, 1893
Isometrus thwaitesi Pocock, 1897
Isometrus weberi Karsch, 1882




Former species


All species are assigned to Reddyanus.

Isometrus acanthurus Pocock, 1899
Isometrus assamensis Oates, 1888
Isometrus basilicus Karsch, 1879
Isometrus besucheti Vachon, 1982
Isometrus bilyi Kovařík, 2003
Isometrus brachycentrus Pocock, 1899
Isometrus corbeti Tikader & Batawade, 1983
Isometrus deharvengi Lourenço & Duhem, 2010
Isometrus heimi Vachon, 1976
Isometrus khammamensis Kovařík, 2003
Isometrus krasenskyi Kovařík, 1998
Isometrus kurkai Kovařík, 1997
Isometrus loebli Vachon, 1982
Isometrus melanodactylus (L. Koch, 1867)
Isometrus navaiae Kovařík, 1998
Isometrus petrzelkai Kovařík, 2003
Isometrus problematicus Kovařík, 2003
Isometrus rigidulus Pocock, 1897
Isometrus tibetanus Lourenço & Zhu, 2008
Isometrus vittatus Pocock, 1900
Isometrus zideki Kovařík, 1994




References



Ehrenberg, 1828 : Arachnoidea, Scorpiones. in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae seu icones et descriptiones animalium evertebratorum sepositis insectis quae ex itinere per Africanum borealem et Asiam occidentalem. Friderici Guielmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg, studio novae aut illustratae redierunt. Percensuit editit Dr. C.G. Ehrehberg. Decas I. Berolini ex officina Academica, venditur a Mittlero, Berlin.
Sulakhe, Shauri & Dandekar, Nikhil & Mukherjee, Shomen & Pandey, Malay & Ketkar, Makarand & Padhye, Anand & Bastawade, Deshabhushan. (2020). A new species of Isometrus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from southern India. 310. 1-13.
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