# Tityus

Tityus es un género de escorpiones de la familia Buthidae de cola delgada, cuenta con una gran cantidad de especies. A finales de 2008, Tityus contenía de 185 - 190 especies descritas. La mayor parte de las especies se encuentran en el Caribe, Sudamérica y Centroamérica. Con frecuencia se hallan nuevas especies
El género Tityus contiene especies de escorpiones venenosos y tóxicos para el humano, una de éstas es el conocido escorpión amarillo brasileño (T. serrulatus).

## Características

Su apariencia es rugosa y no brillante (color opaco), las pinzas (pedipalpos) son muy delgadas, el esternón es triangular o subtriangular, el aguijón tiene púa (apariencia de doble aguijón), los segmentos del postabdomen (“cola”) presentan en general un aspecto robusto y casi de forma cúbica o rectangular, con púas y crestas características en sus bordes.

## Especies

* 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 atreus
* 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 ¿"bolivianus"? --> 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 carrilloi Ojanguren-Affilastro, Kochalka, Guerrero-Orellana, Garcete-Barrett, de Roodt, Borges, & Ceccarelli, 2021
* 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 González-Sponga, 1974
* 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 grottoedensis Botero-Trujillo & Florez 2014
* 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 ¿en Compsobuthus?
* Tityus mattogrossensis Borelli, 1901
* Tityus melanostictus Pocock, 1893
* Tityus melici Lourenço, 2003
* Tityus meridanus ¿en Ananteris?
* 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 ¿"sabineae"? 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