Diplocentrus Explained
Diplocentrus is a genus of toothed scorpions in the family Diplocentridae. There are more than 60 described species in Diplocentrus, found mainly in Central America, Mexico, and the southwest United States.
Species
These 64 species belong to the genus Diplocentrus:
- Diplocentrus actun Armas & Palacios-Vargas, 2002
- Diplocentrus anophthalmus Francke, 1977
- Diplocentrus bellator Teruel, 2003
- Diplocentrus bereai Armas & Martin-Frias, 2004
- Diplocentrus bicolor Contreras-Felix & Santibanez-Lopez, 2011
- Diplocentrus chiapasensis Beutelspacher & Armas, 1998
- Diplocentrus chol Francke, 2007
- Diplocentrus churumuco Francke & Ponce
- Diplocentrus coddingtoni Stockwell, 1988
- Diplocentrus colwelli Sissom, 1986
- Diplocentrus coylei Fritts & Sissom, 1996
- Diplocentrus cozumel Beutelspacher & Armas, 1998 (Cozumel scorpion)
- Diplocentrus cueva Francke, 1978
- Diplocentrus diablo Stockwell & Nilsson, 1987
- Diplocentrus ferrugineus Fritts & Sissom, 1996
- Diplocentrus formosus Armas & Martin-Frias, 2003
- Diplocentrus franckei Santibáñez-López, 2014
- Diplocentrus gertschi Sissom & Walker, 1992
- Diplocentrus gladiator Beutelspacher & Trujillo, 1999
- Diplocentrus hoffmanni Francke, 1977
- Diplocentrus insularis Sagastume-Espinoza et al., 2015
- Diplocentrus jaca Armas & Martin-Frias, 2000
- Diplocentrus keyserlingii Karsch, 1880
- Diplocentrus kraepelini Santibanez-Lopez, Francke & Prendini, 2013
- Diplocentrus lachua Armas, Trujillo & Agreda, 2011
- Diplocentrus landelinoi Trujillo & Armas, 2012
- Diplocentrus lindo Stockwell & Baldwin, 2001 (Lindo scorpion)
- Diplocentrus longimanus Santibanez-Lopez, Francke & Athanasiadis, 2011
- Diplocentrus lourencoi
- Diplocentrus lucidus Stockwell, 1988
- Diplocentrus luisae Guijosa, 1973
- Diplocentrus majahuensis Baldazo Monsivaiz, 2003
- Diplocentrus maya Francke, 1977
- Diplocentrus melici Armas, Martin-Frias & Berea, 2004
- Diplocentrus mellici
- Diplocentrus mexicanus Peters, 1861
- Diplocentrus mitchelli Francke, 1977
- Diplocentrus mitlae Francke, 1977
- Diplocentrus montecristo Armas & Martin-Frias, 2000
- Diplocentrus motagua Armas & Trujillo, 2009
- Diplocentrus ochoteranai
- Diplocentrus ochoterenai Hoffmann, 1931
- Diplocentrus ornatus Stockwell, 1988
- Diplocentrus oxlajujbaktun Trujillo & Armas, 2012
- Diplocentrus peloncillensis Francke, 1975
- Diplocentrus perezi Sissom, 1991
- Diplocentrus rectimanus Pocock, 1898
- Diplocentrus reddelli Francke, 1977
- Diplocentrus roo Armas & Martin-Frias, 2005
- Diplocentrus sagittipalpus Santibanez-Lopez, Francke & Prendini, 2013
- Diplocentrus santiagoi Stockwell, 1988
- Diplocentrus silanesi Armas & Martin-Frias, 2000
- Diplocentrus sinaan Armas & Martin-Frias, 2000
- Diplocentrus sissomi Santibanez-Lopez, Francke & Prendini, 2013
- Diplocentrus spec Stockwell, 1988
- Diplocentrus spitzeri Stahnke, 1970 (Spitzer's scorpion)
- Diplocentrus steeleae Stockwell, 1988
- Diplocentrus taibeli (Caporiacco, 1938)
- Diplocentrus tehuacanus Hoffmann, 1931
- Diplocentrus tehuano Francke, 1977
- Diplocentrus tenango Santibanez-Lopez & Francke, 2008
- Diplocentrus whitei (Gervais, 1844) (Big Bend scorpion)
- Diplocentrus williamsi Sissom & Wheeler, 1995
- Diplocentrus zacatecanus Hoffmann, 1931
Further reading
- Book: Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). 2000. Sissom . W. David. Fet . Victor. Fet . Victor. Sissom . W. David. Lowe . Graeme. Braunwalder . Matt E.. The New York Entomological Society. Family DIPLOCENTRIDAE Karsch. 1880. 329–354. 978-0-913-42424-7. https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=26&article=1091&context=bio_sciences_faculty&type=additional.
