Order: Scorpiones
To date there are a total of 12 species of scorpions in three families recorded in the Wadi Rum region. Images and updates to this checklist follow soon.
Family: Buthidae (C.L. Koch, 1837)
Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)
Androctonus bicolor (Ehrenberg, 1828)
Buthacus nigroaculeatus (Levy et al., 1973)
Buthacus leptochelys (Ehrenberg, 1829)
Buthus occitanus (AMOREUX 1789)
Compsobuthus amri (Lourenco, Yagmur & Duhem, 2010)
Compsobuthus jordanensis (Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973)
Leiurus quinquestriatus (Ehrenberg, 1828)
Leiurus jordenensis (Lourenco, Modry & Amr 2002)
Orthochirus scrobiculosus (Grube, 1873)
Orthochirus sp. cf innesi
Family: Diplocentridae (Karsch, 1880)
Nebo hierichonticus (Simon, 1872)
Family: Scorpionidae Latreille, 1802
Scorpio kruglovi (Birula, 1910)
References:
Amr ZS, El-Oran R. Systematics and distribution of scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpionida) in Jordan. Bollettino di Zoologia. 1994;61:185–90.
