Orthochirus is a genus of scorpion in the family Buthidae, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1891.[1]

Orthochirus
Orthochirus negebensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Orthochirus
Karsch, 1891

Species

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Orthochirus contains the following fifty-seven species.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Karsch, Ferdinand (1891). "Arachniden von Ceylon und von Minikoy, gesammelt von den Herren Doctoren P. und F. Sarasin". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 36: 267–310.
  2. ^ Rein, Jan Ove (2022). "Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 4 August 2022.