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Orthochirus  Karsch, 1891
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1207883

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Afghanorthochirus Lourenço and Vachon, 1997
  
    Paraorthochirus Lourenço and Vachon, 1997
  
    Simonoides Vachon and Farzanpay, 1987
  
    Orthochirus arenicola Lourenço and Ythier, 2021
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumChelicerata  – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme  
                   ClassEuchelicerata   
                      SubclassArachnida  – araignées, aracnídeo, arachnids, arácnidos  
                         OrderScorpiones  – scorpions, escorpiăo  
                            SuperfamilyButhoidea C. L. Koch, 1837  
                               FamilyButhidae C. L. Koch, 1837  
                                  GenusOrthochirus Karsch, 1891  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus afar Kovarík and Lowe in Kovarík et al., 2016  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus afghanus Kovarík, 2004  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus arabicus Ythier and Lourenço, 2023  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus aristidis (Simon, 1882)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus atarensis Lourenço and Leguin, 2011  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus bastawadei Zambre, Mirza, Sanap, Upadhye and Javed, 2011  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus bicolor (Pocock, 1897)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus birulai Kovarík, Fet and Yagmur, 2020  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus carinatus Navidpour, Kovarík, Soleglad and Fet, 2019  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço and Leguin, 2011  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus danielleae (Lourenço and Vachon, 1997)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus farzanpayi (Vachon and Farzanpay, 1987)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus feti Kovarík, 2004  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus flavescens (Pocock, 1897)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus fomichevi Kovarík, Yagmur, Fet and Hussen, 2019  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus formozovi Kovarík, Fet and Yagmur, 2020  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus fuscipes (Pocock, 1900)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus gantenbeini Kovarík, Yagmur, Fet and Hussen, 2019  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus glabrifrons (Kraepelin, 1903)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus gromovi Kovarík, 2004  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus grosseri Kovarík, Fet and Yagmur, 2020  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus gruberi Kovarík and Fet, 2006  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus heratensis Kovarík, 2004  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus hormozganensis Kovarík and Navidpour, 2020  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus innesi Simon, 1910  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus iranus Kovarík, 2004  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus iraqus Kovarík, 2004  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus jalalabadensis Kovarík, 2004  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus kaspareki (Lourenço and Huber, 2000)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus katerinae Kovarík and Just, 2022  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus kermanensis Kovarík and Navidpour, 2020  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus kinzelbachi (Lourenço and Huber, 2000)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus kovariki Yagmur and Khalili, 2022  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus krishnai Tikader and Bastawade, 1983  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus kryzhanovskyi Kovarík, Fet and Yagmur, 2020  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus kucerai Kovarík and Navidpour, 2020  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus maroccanus Lourenço and Leguin, 2011  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus masihipouri Kovarík and Navidpour, 2020  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus melanurus (Kessler, 1874)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus mesopotamicus Birula, 1918  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus milloti Lourenço, 2021  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus minor Lourenço, Duhem and Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus monodi (Lourenço and Vachon, 1997)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus navidpouri Kovarík, Yagmur, Fet and Hussen, 2019  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus nordmanni Kovarík, Fet and Yagmur, 2020  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus olivaceus (Karsch, 1881)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus pallidus (Pocock, 1897)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus persa (Birula, 1900)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus samrchelsis Kovarík, 2004  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus scrobiculosus (Grube, 1873)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus sejnai Kovarík, Fet and Yagmur, 2020  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus semnanensis Kovarík and Navidpour, 2020  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus soufiensis Lourenço and Sadine, 2021  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus stockwelli (Lourenço and Vachon, 1995)  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus tassili Lourenço and Leguin, 2011  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus tibesti Lourenço, Duhem and Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus varius Kovarík, 2004  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus vignolii Kovarík and Navidpour, 2020  
                                     SpeciesOrthochirus zagrosensis Kovarík, 2004  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Fet, Victor, W. David Sissom, Graeme Lowe, and Matt E. Braunwalder   
  Publication Date: 2000   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998)   
  Page(s): 690   
  Publisher: The New York Entomological Society   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913-42424-2   
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  Reference for: Orthochirus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kovarík, Frantisek   
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Revision and taxonomic position of genera Afghanorthochirus Lourenço & Vachon, Baloorthochirus Kovarík, Butheolus Simon, Nanobuthus Pocock, Orthochiroides Kovarík, Pakistanorthochirus Lourenço, and Asian Orthochirus Karsch, with descriptions of twelve ...   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Euscorpius, no. 16   
  Page(s): 1-33   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1536-9307   
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  Reference for: Orthochirus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kovarík, Frantisek, Graeme Lowe, and Frantisek Stáhlavsky   
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part IX. Lanzatus, Orthochirus, and Somalicharmus (Buthidae), with description of Lanzatus somalilandus sp. n. and Orthochirus afar sp. n.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Euscorpius, no. 232   
  Page(s): 1-38   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1536-9307   
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