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Tityus

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Tityus may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tityus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2123713	https://www.gbif.org/species/2123713
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	272526	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=272526

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Buthidae : Tityus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Chelicerata	Heymons 1901
-	Euchelicerata	Weygoldt and Paulus 1979
-	Prosomapoda	Lamsdell 2013
class	Xiphosura
order	Xiphosurida	Latreille 1802
-	Planaterga	Lamsdell 2013
-	Dekatriata	Lamsdell 2013
-	Sclerophorata	Kamenz et al. 2011
class	Arachnida	Lamarck 1801
-	Stomothecata	Shultz 2007
order	Scorpiones	Latreille 1817
suborder	Orthosternina
superfamily	Buthoidea	Koch 1837
family	Buthidae	Koch 1837
genus	Tityus	Koch 1836

Scientific Name

Tityus Koch, 1836

Name Published In

Koch, Carl L. 1836. Die Arachniden. Getreu nach der Natur Abgebildet und Beschrieben. C.H. Zeh'schen, Nürnberg. Vol. 3(1-5): 17-104.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Tityus	genus	belongs to Buthidae	stated with evidence	Dunlop et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Arachnida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arachnida)

Vision

limited (based on Xiphosurida)

Diet

carnivore (based on Xiphosura)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Arachnida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. Menge. 1869. Ueber einen Scorpion und zwei Spinnen im Bernstein. Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig (Neue Folge) 2(2-10):1-9

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tityus

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Tityus (Brazilotityus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Tityus aba species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus abudi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus acananensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus adisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus adrianoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus ahincoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus altithronus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus anasilviae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus androcottoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus anduzei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus angelesae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus anneae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus antioquensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus apiacas species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus apozonalli ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Tityus arellanoparrai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus argentinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus asthenes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus atriventer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus bahiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus bahoruco species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus barquisimetanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus bastosi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus bellulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus betschi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus birabeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus blanci species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus blaseri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus boconoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus bolivanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus brazilae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus bresslaui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus breweri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus cachipalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus caesarbarrioi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus canopensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus carabobensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus carinatoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus caripitensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus carolineae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus carvalhoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus cerroazul species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus championi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus charalaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus charreyroni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus chilensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus clathratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus columbianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus confluens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus costatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus crassicauda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus crassimanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus cuellari species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus culebrensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus cylindricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus dasyurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus dedoslargos species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus demangei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus dinizi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus discrepans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus dorae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus duacaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus dulceae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus dupouyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus ebanoverde species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus ecuadorensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus eickstedtae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus elii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus elizabethae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus elizabethebravoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus engelkei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus estherae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus evandroi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus exstinctus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus fahrenholtzi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus fasciolatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus festae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus filodendron species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus florezi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus footei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus forcipula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus fuhrmanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus funestus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus gaffini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus gasci species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus geratus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Tityus gonzalespongai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus grahami species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus grottoedensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus guariconesis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus horacioi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus imei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus indecisus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus intermedius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus isabelceciliae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus ivani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus ivicnancor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus jeanvellardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus julianae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus juliorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus jussarae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus kaderkai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus kalettai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus kindli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus kuryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus lamottei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus lancinii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus lokiae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus longidigitus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus lutzi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus macrochirus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus magnimanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus maimirensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus mana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus manakai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus maniapurensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus marajoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus maranhensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus marechali species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus martinpaechi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus matthieseni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus mattogrossensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus maturinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus melanostictus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus melici species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus metuendus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus michelii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus microcystis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus monaguensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus mongei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus mucusunamensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus munozi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus neblina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus neglectus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus neibae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus nelsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus nematochirus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus neoespartanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus nororientalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus novateutoniae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus obispoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus obscurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus obtusus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus ocelote species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus osmanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus oteroi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus ottenwalderi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus pachyurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus pampanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus paraguayensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus parvulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus paulistorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus perijanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus pictus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus pintodarochai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus pittieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus pococki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus portoplatensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus potameis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus prancei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus proseni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus pugilator species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus pusillus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus quiriquirensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus quirogae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus quisqueyanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus ramirezi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus raquelae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus rebieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus riocaurensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus rionegrensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus riverai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus roigi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus rojasi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus romeroi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus rondonorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus rufofuscus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus rugosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus rusmelyae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus sabinae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus sampaiocrulsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus sanarensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus sanfernandoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus sarisarinamensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus sastrei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus septentrionalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus serrulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus shiriana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus silvestris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus simonsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus smithii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus soratensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus spec species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus stigmurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus strandi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus surimeridensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus surorientalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus sylviae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus tamayoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus tayrona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus tenuicauda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus tenuimanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus thelyacanthus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus timendus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus trinitatis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus trinitatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus trivittatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus tucurui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus uniformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus unus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus uquirensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus urachichensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus urbinai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus uruguayensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus vaissadei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus valerae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus venamensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus ventuarensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus walli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus wayuu species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus yerenai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus ythieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tityus zulianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Atreus Gervais, 1843	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Buthidae : *Atreus*
Phassus Thorell, 1876	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Buthidae : *Phassus*
Archaeotityus Lourenço, 2006	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Buthidae : *Archaeotityus*
Androcottus Karsch, 1879	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Buthidae : *Androcottus*
Brazilotityus Lourenço, 2006	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Buthidae : *Brazilotityus*
Tithyus Koch, 1850	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Buthidae : *Tithyus*
Pucha Francke, 1985	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Buthidae : *Pucha*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1836	Tityus Koch
2013	Tityus Dunlop et al. p. 36
2015	Tityus Riquelme et al. p. 6

References

Menge A. Ueber einen Scorpion und zwei Spinnen im Bernstein, Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig (Neue Folge) 2 2-10, 1-9

Dunlop J. A., Penney D., et al (2013) A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives, The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History

Riquelme F., Villegas-Guzmán G., et al (2015) Systematic paleontology, in New fossil scorpion from the Chiapas amber lagerstätte, PLoS One 10 8, e0133396

Fet, Victor, W. David Sissom, Graeme Lowe, and Matt E. Braunwalder, 2000: null. Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). 690. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per included species - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Die Arachniden, 3 (3) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

de Armas, Luis F,Montoya, Michel: Escorpiones (Arachnida) del Archipiélago de Bocas del Toro, Panama - via Arácnidos de Centroamérica

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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