Scorpions are one of the most ancient groups of terrestrial animals. They have maintained a
steady morphology over more than 400 million years of evolution. Their venom arsenals for …

This review describes the history of taxonomic research on scorpions and provides an
updated checklist and key of the scorpions currently known in China. This checklist is based …

An updated checklist of scorpions of China (52 species belonging to 13 genera and six
families) is provided, with Chinese name equivalents and an illustrated map of all localities …

Abstract Following Graham et al.(2019), the recently described desert species Olivierus
gorelovi (Fet et al., 2018) from Central Asia is herein restricted to Turkmenistan and southern …

Abstract The genus Olivierus Farzanpay, 1987 in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,
China, is revised based on recently collected topotypes and other populations from 12 …

Although venoms of scorpions have been subjected to extensive characterization, species
status of venomous scorpions still remains to be critically and robustly assessed. Reliable …

Until now, there are 26 scorpion species of 7 genera of 5 families recorded in Xizang
(China). Xizang Autonomous Region (Tibet) is the scorpion biodiversity richest area in …

Scorpion fauna of Mongolia, which are thus far poorly understood, were investigated country-
wide during a China-Mongolia joint field survey from 2009 to 2012. Of the total 134 sites we …

This study reports the results of a re-analysis of the number of lateral eyes in extant buthids.
Specimens studied were confined mostly to those from China and the adjacent areas. 353 …

Mesobuthus martensii, a famous and important Traditional Chinese Medicine has a long
medical history and unique functions. It is the first scorpion species whose whole genome …