The Scorpion Cytogenetic Database
Current version: 12 (March 27, 2024)
Marielle Cristina Schneider, Viviane Fagundes Mattos and Doralice Maria Cella
Scorpionidae Latreille, 1802
Cited as = species name adopted by the researcher that performed the cytogenetic analysis; 2n = diploid number of males and in parenthesis, diploid number of females; M = metacentric; SM = submetacentric; ST = subtelocentric; A = acrocentric; T = telocentric; ? = dubious description.
| Valid name | Cited as | 2n | Chromosomal morphology | Collection site | Bibliography |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deccanometrus bengalensis (C. L. Koch, 1841) | Palamnaeus bengalensis | 64 | M, SM, A | India | Sharma et al., 1962 |
| Chersonesometrus fulvipes (C. L. Koch, 1837) | Palamnaeus fulvipes | 86 | SM, A | India | Sharma et al., 1962 |
| Chersonesometrus fulvipes (C. L. Koch, 1837) | ---- | 86-88 | A | India | Venkatanarasimhaiah & Rajasekarasetty, 1964a |
| Gigantometrus swammerdami (Simon, 1872) | Palamnaeus swammerdami | 60 | ---- | India | Venkatanarasimhaiah, 1965 |
| Heterometrus laevigatus (Thorell, 1876) | Heterometrus minotaurus | 54 | 37M+7SM+4ST+6T | Thailand | Plíšková et al., 2016 |
| Heterometrus longimanus (Herbst, 1800) | Palamnaeus longimanus | 64 | A | India | Srivastava & Agrawal, 1961 |
| Heterometrus spinifer (Ehrenberg, 1828) | ---- | 56 | ---- | Czech Republic | Vítková et al., 2005 |
| Heterometrus sp. | Palamnaeus sp. | 62 | MT, SM, A | India | Rajasekarasetty et al., 1979 |
| Nebo hierichonticus (Simon, 1872) | ---- | 50 | Monocentric | Palestine | Qumsiyeh et al., 2014 |
| Pandinurus hangarale Kovařík et al., 2017 | ---- | 120 | Monocentric | Somalia | Kovařík et al., 2017b |
| Pandinurus kmoniceki Kovařík, Low, Mazuch, Plíškova, Šťáhlavský 2017 | ---- | 120 | predominance of A | Somaliland | Kovařík et al., 2017a |
| Pandinus imperator (C. L. Koch, 1841) | ---- | 120 | M, A | France | Guénin, 1957 |
| Sahyadrimetrus scaber (Thorell, 1876) | Heterometrus scaber | 96 | A | India | Venkatanarasimhaiah & Rajasekarasetty, 1964a |
| Scorpio marus fuscus (Ehrenberg, 1829) | ---- | 52 | ---- | West Bank | Qumsiyeh et al., 2013 |
| Srilankametrus gravimanus (Pocock, 1894) | Palamnaeus gravimanus | 112 | ---- | India | Venkatanarasimhaiah & Rajasekarasetty, 1964b |