Scorpiones5 species

Family Buthidae

Buthidae is a family in the order Scorpiones. Browse 5 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Buthidae (5)

Hentz Striped Scorpion

Centruroides hentzi

"This is the original Centruroides vittatus, described back in 1821. The types were destroyed in a fire, and when Wood (1863) reported scorpions from Texas, he called the Texas one we now know as C. vittatus by that name. The name stuck, and Banks "r

Florida Bark Scorpion

Centruroides gracilis

Centruroides guanensis

Arizona Bark Scorpion

Centruroides sculpturatus

Striped Bark Scorpion

Centruroides vittatus