Lychas

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.

Lychas
Lychas marmoreus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Lychas
Koch, 1845
Type species
Lychas scutilus
C. L. Koch, 1845
Diversity
42 species
Synonyms
  • Alterotrichus Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
  • Archiosometrus Stahnke, 1972
  • Archisometrus Kraepelin, 1891
  • Distotrichus Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
  • Endotrichus Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
  • Lichas Fage, 1936
  • Lycas Caporiacco, 1941
  • Pilumnus Koch, 1837
  • Repucha Fet, 1997
  • Repucha Francke, 1985
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