Lychas is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.
Description Total length is 21.8 to 90 mm.
Species There are about 42 species.
Lychas aberlenci Lychas americanus Lychas annulatus Glauert, 1925 Lychas armasi Kovarík, 2013 Lychas armillatus (Gervais, 1841) Lychas asper (Pocock, 1891) Lychas biharensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 Lychas brehieri Lourenço, 2017 Lychas buchardi Kovarík, 1997 Lychas buchari Kovařík, 1997 Lychas cernickai Kovarík, 2013 Lychas ceylonensis Lourenço & Huber, 1999 Lychas flavimanus (Thorell, 1888) Lychas gravelyi Henderson, 1913 Lychas hendersoni (Pocock, 1897) Lychas hillyardi Kovarík, 1997 Lychas inexpectatus Lourenço, 2011 Lychas jonesae Glauert, 1925 Lychas kamshetensis Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 Lychas kharpadi Bastawade, 1986 Lychas krali Kovarík, 1995 Lychas lappa Glauert, 1954 Lychas lourencoi Kovarík, 1997 Lychas mabillanus Rochebrune, 1884 Lychas marmoreus (C.L.Koch, 1844) Lychas melanodactylus Koch, 1867 Lychas mjobergi Kraepelin, 1916 Lychas mucronatus (Fabricius, 1798) Lychas nigristernis (Pocock, 1899) Lychas obsti Kraepelin, 1913 Lychas paraensis Koch, 1845 Lychas perfidus (Keyserling, 1885) Lychas rackae Kovarík, 1997 Lychas rugosus (Pocock, 1897) Lychas santoensis Lourenço, 2009 Lychas scaber (Pocock, 1893) Lychas scutilus C.L.Koch, 1845 Lychas serratus (Pocock, 1891) Lychas shelfordi (Borelli, 1904) Lychas spinatus Kraepelin, 1916 Lychas srilankensis Lorenco, 1997 Lychas truncatus Glauert, 1925 Lychas variatus (Thorell, 1876)
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