# Tityus

Tityus és un gran gènere d'escorpins bútids, el que dona nom a la seva subfamília Tityinae. A finals del 2008, Tityus conté unes 185-190 espècies descrites, distribuïdes per tot el Carib i Amèrica del Sud i Amèrica Central fins a Costa Rica. Cada pocs mesos segueixen descrivint-se noves espècies. El gènere conté diversos escorpins perillosament verinosos, com el T. serrulatus. El seu verí pot causar una greu convalescència, i en els joves, vells, i dèbils en general, fins i tot la mort.

## Taxonomia

| Tityus aba Candido, Lucas, de Souza, Diaz & Lira-da-Silva, 2005 Tityus abudi Armas, 1999 Tityus acutidens Tityus adisi Lourenço, 2002 Tityus adrianoi Tityus ahincoi González-Sponga, 2001 Tityus altithronus Armas, 1999 Tityus anasilviae Armas & Abud Antun, 2004 Tityus androcottoides (Karsch, 1879) Tityus anduzei González-Sponga, 1997 Tityus anneae Lourenço, 1997 Tityus antioquensis Lourenço & Otero Patiño, 1998 Tityus apiacas Lourenço, 2002 Tityus arellanoparrai González-Sponga, 1985 Tityus argentinus Borelli, 1899 Tityus asthenes Pocock, 1893 Tityus atriventer Pocock, 1897 Tityus bahiensis (Perty, 1833) Tityus bahoruco Teruel & Armas, 2006 Tityus barquisimetanus González-Sponga, 1994 Tityus bastosi Lourenço, 1984 Tityus bellulus Armas, 1999 Tityus betschi Lourenço, 1992 Tityus birabeni Abalos, 1955 Tityus blanci Lourenço, 1994 Tityus blaseri Mello-Leitão, 1931 Tityus boconoensis González-Sponga, 1981 Tityus bolivanus Kraepelin, 1895 Tityus brazilae Lourenço & Eickstedt, 1984 Tityus breweri González-Sponga, 1997 Tityus cachipalensis González-Sponga, 2002 Tityus caesarbarrioi González-Sponga, 2001 Tityus canopensis Lourenço, 2002 Tityus carabobensis González-Sponga, 1987 Tityus carinatoides Mello-Leitão, 1945 Tityus caripitensis Tityus carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1945 Tityus cerroazul Lourenço, 1986 Tityus championi Tityus charalaensis Mello-Leitão, 1940 Tityus charreyroni Vellard, 1932 Tityus chilensis Lourenço 2005 Tityus clathratus C.L.Koch, 1844 Tityus columbianus (Thorell, 1876) Tityus confluens Borelli, 1899 Tityus costatus (Karsch, 1879) Tityus crassimanus (Thorell, 1876) Tityus cuellari Lourenço, 1994 Tityus culebrensis González-Sponga, 1994 Tityus cylindricus (Karsch, 1879) Tityus dasyurus Pocock, 1897 Tityus dedoslargos Francke & Stockwell, 1987 Tityus demangei Lourenço, 1981 Tityus dinizi Lourenço, 1997 Tityus discrepans (Karsch, 1879) Tityus dorae González-Sponga, 2001 Tityus dulceae González-Sponga, 2006 Tityus dupouyi González-Sponga, 1987 Tityus ebanoverde Armas, 1999 Tityus ecuadorensis $_{Kraepelin,1896}$ Tityus elii (Armas & Marcano Fondeur, 1992) Tityus elizabethae Lourenço & Ramos, 2004 Tityus engelkei Pocock, 1902 Tityus erikae Lourenço, 1999 Tityus evandroi Mello-Leitão, 1945 Tityus exstinctus Lourenço, 1995 | Tityus falconensis Tityus fasciolatus Pessôa, 1935 Tityus festae Borelli, 1899 Tityus filodendron González-Sponga, 1981 Tityus florezi Lourenço, 2000 Tityus footei Chamberlin, 1916 Tityus forcipula (Gervais, 1843) Tityus fuhrmanni Kraepelin, 1914 Tityus funestus Hirst, 1911 Tityus gaffini Lourenço, 2000 Tityus gasci Lourenço, 1982 Tityus gonzalespongai Tityus guaricoensis González-Sponga, 2004 Tityus imei Borges, de Sousa & Manzanilla, 2006 Tityus indecisus Mello-Leitão, 1934 Tityus insignis (Pocock, 1889) Tityus intermedius Borelli, 1899 Tityus irapaensis González-Sponga, 2002 Tityus isabelceciliae González-Sponga, D'Suze & Sevcik, 2001 Tityus ivicnancor González-Sponga, 1997 Tityus jeanvellardi Lourenço, 2001 Tityus julianae Lourenço 2005 Tityus jussarae Lourenço, 1988 Tityus kaderkai Kovarik, 2005 Tityus kuryi Lourenço, 1997 Tityus lamottei Tityus lancinii González-Sponga, 1972 Tityus lokiae Lourenço 2005 Tityus lourencoi Flórez, 1996 Tityus lutzi Giltay, 1928 Tityus macrochirus Pocock, 1897 Tityus magnimanus Pocock, 1897 Tityus marajoensis Lourenço & da Silva, 2007 Tityus manakai González-Sponga, 2004 Tityus maranhensis Lourenço, de Jesus Junior & Limeira-de-Oliveira, 2006 Tityus martinpaechi Lourenço, 2001 Tityus matthieseni Tityus mattogrossensis Borelli, 1901 Tityus melanostictus Pocock, 1893 Tityus melici Lourenço, 2003 Tityus meridanus Tityus metuendus Pocock, 1897 Tityus michelii (Armas, 1982) Tityus microcystis Lutz & Mello, 1922 Tityus monaguensis González-Sponga, 1974 Tityus mongei Lourenço, 1996 Tityus mraceki Kovarik, 2007 Tityus mucusunamensis González-Sponga, 2006 Tityus munozi Lourenço, 1997 Tityus neblina Lourenço, 2008 Tityus neglectus Mello-Leitão, 1932 Tityus neibae Armas, 1999 Tityus nelsoni Lourenço 2005 Tityus nematochirus Mello-Leitão, 1940 Tityus neoespartanus González-Sponga, 1996 Tityus nororientalis González-Sponga, 1996 Tityus obispoi González-Sponga, 2006 Tityus obtusus (Karsch, 1879) Tityus ocelote Francke & Stockwell, 1987 Tityus osmanus González-Sponga, 1996 Tityus oteroi Lourenço, 1998 Tityus ottenwalderi Armas, 1999 Tityus pachyurus Pocock, 1897 Tityus paraensis | Tityus paraguayensis Kraepelin, 1895 Tityus parvulus Kraepelin, 1914 Tityus paulistorum Lourenço & Qi, 2006 Tityus perijanensis González-Sponga, 1994 Tityus pictus Pocock, 1893 Tityus pintodarochai Tityus pittieri González-Sponga, 1981 Tityus pococki Hirst, 1907 Tityus portoplatensis Armas & Marcano Fondeur, 1992 Tityus potameis Lourenço & Leão Giupponi, 2004 Tityus prancei Lourenço, 2000 Tityus proseni Abalos, 1954 Tityus pugilator Pocock, 1898 Tityus pusillus Pocock, 1893 Tityus quirogae de Sousa, Manzanilla & Parrilla-Alvarez, 2006 Tityus quisqueyanus (Armas, 1982) Tityus ramirezi Esquivel de Verde, 1969 (nomen dubium) Tityus raquelae Lourenço, 1988 Tityus rebieri Lourenço, 1997 Tityus riocaurensis González-Sponga, 1996 Tityus rionegrensis Lourenço, 2006 Tityus roigi Maury & Lourenço, 1987 Tityus rojasi González-Sponga, 1996 Tityus rondonorum Rojas-Runjaic & Armas, 2007 Tityus rufofuscus Pocock, 1897 Tityus rugosus Schenkel, 1932 Tityus rusmelyae González-Sponga, D'Suze & Sevcik, 2001 Tityus sabinae Lourenço, 1994 Tityus sanarensis González-Sponga, 1997 Tityus sarisarinamensis González-Sponga, 2002 Tityus sastrei Lourenço & Flórez, 1990 Tityus septentrionalis Armas & Abud Antun, 2004 Tityus serrulatus Lutz & Mello, 1922 Tityus shiriana González-Sponga, 1991 Tityus silvestris Pocock, 1897 Tityus simonsi Pocock, 1900 Tityus soratensis Kraepelin, 1912 Tityus stigmurus (Thorell, 1876) Tityus strandi Werner, 1939 Tityus surmeridensis González-Sponga, 2002 Tityus surorientalis González-Sponga, 1996 Tityus sylviae Lourenço 2005 Tityus tamayoi González-Sponga, 1987 Tityus tayrona Lourenço, 1991 Tityus tenuicauda Tityus thelyacanthus Mello-Leitão, 1933 Tityus trinitatis Pocock, 1897 Tityus trivittatus Kraepelin, 1898 Tityus tucurui Lourenço, 1988 Tityus uniformis Mello-Leitão, 1931 Tityus unus Tityus uquirensis González-Sponga, 2001 Tityus urbinai Scorza, 1952 Tityus uruguayensis Borelli, 1901 Tityus vaissadai Lourenço, 2002 Tityus valerae Scorza, 1954 Tityus venamensis González-Sponga, 1981 Tityus wayuu Rojas-Runjaic & Armas, 2007 Tityus ythieri Tityus zulianus González-Sponga, 1981 |

## Referències

* ↑ Rein, Jan Ove (2009): The Scorpion Files - Buthidae

## Enllaços externs

* Guia d'escorpins perillosos Arxivat 2008-06-28 a Wayback Machine.