title: Tityus
text: # Tityus
  
  Tityus es un género de escorpiones de la familia Buthidae de cola delgada, cuenta con una gran cantidad de especies. A finales de 2008, Tityus contenía de 185 - 190 especies descritas. La mayor parte de las especies se encuentran en el Caribe, Sudamérica y Centroamérica. Con frecuencia se hallan nuevas especies
  El género Tityus contiene especies de escorpiones venenosos y tóxicos para el humano, una de éstas es el conocido escorpión amarillo brasileño (T. serrulatus).
  
  # Tityus
  ## Características
  
  Su apariencia es rugosa y no brillante (color opaco), las pinzas (pedipalpos) son muy delgadas, el esternón es triangular o subtriangular, el aguijón tiene púa (apariencia de doble aguijón), los segmentos del postabdomen (“cola”) presentan en general un aspecto robusto y casi de forma cúbica o rectangular, con púas y crestas características en sus bordes.
  
  # Tityus
  ## Especies
  
  * Tityus aba Candido, Lucas, de Souza, Diaz & Lira-da-Silva, 2005
  * Tityus abudi Armas, 1999
  * Tityus acutidens
  * Tityus adisi Lourenço, 2002
  * Tityus adrianoi
  * Tityus ahincoi González-Sponga, 2001
  * Tityus altithronus Armas, 1999
  * Tityus anasilviae Armas & Abud Antun, 2004
  * Tityus androcottoides (Karsch, 1879)
  * Tityus anduzei González-Sponga, 1997
  * Tityus anneae Lourenço, 1997
  * Tityus antioquensis Lourenço & Otero Patiño, 1998
  * Tityus apiacas Lourenço, 2002
  * Tityus arellanoparrai González-Sponga, 1985
  * Tityus argentinus Borelli, 1899
  * Tityus asthenes Pocock, 1893
  * Tityus atreus
  * Tityus atriventer Pocock, 1897
  * Tityus bahiensis (Perty, 1833)
  * Tityus bahoruco Teruel & Armas, 2006
  * Tityus barquisimetanus González-Sponga, 1994
  * Tityus bastosi Lourenço, 1984
  * Tityus bellulus Armas, 1999
  * Tityus betschi Lourenço, 1992
  * Tityus birabeni Abalos, 1955
  * Tityus blanci Lourenço, 1994
  * Tityus blaseri Mello-Leitão, 1931
  * Tityus boconoensis González-Sponga, 1981
  * Tityus bolivanus ¿"bolivianus"? --> Kraepelin, 1895
  * Tityus brazilae Lourenço & Eickstedt, 1984
  * Tityus breweri González-Sponga, 1997
  * Tityus cachipalensis González-Sponga, 2002
  * Tityus caesarbarrioi González-Sponga, 2001
  * Tityus canopensis Lourenço, 2002
  * Tityus carabobensis González-Sponga, 1987
  * Tityus carinatoides Mello-Leitão, 1945
  * Tityus caripitensis
  * Tityus carrilloi Ojanguren-Affilastro, Kochalka, Guerrero-Orellana, Garcete-Barrett, de Roodt, Borges, & Ceccarelli, 2021
  * Tityus carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1945
  * Tityus cerroazul Lourenço, 1986
  * Tityus championi
  * Tityus charalaensis Mello-Leitão, 1940
  * Tityus charreyroni Vellard, 1932
  * Tityus chilensis Lourenço 2005
  * Tityus clathratus C.L.Koch, 1844
  * Tityus columbianus (Thorell, 1876)
  * Tityus confluens Borelli, 1899
  * Tityus costatus (Karsch, 1879)
  * Tityus crassimanus (Thorell, 1876)
  * Tityus cuellari Lourenço, 1994
  * Tityus culebrensis González-Sponga, 1994
  * Tityus cylindricus (Karsch, 1879)
  * Tityus dasyurus Pocock, 1897
  * Tityus dedoslargos Francke & Stockwell, 1987
  * Tityus demangei Lourenço, 1981
  * Tityus dinizi Lourenço, 1997
  * Tityus discrepans (Karsch, 1879)
  * Tityus dorae González-Sponga, 2001
  * Tityus dulceae González-Sponga, 2006
  * Tityus dupouyi González-Sponga, 1987
  * Tityus ebanoverde Armas, 1999
  * Tityus ecuadorensis $_{Kraepelin,1896}$
  * Tityus elii (Armas & Marcano Fondeur, 1992)
  * Tityus elizabethae Lourenço & Ramos, 2004
  * Tityus engelkei Pocock, 1902
  * Tityus erikae Lourenço, 1999
  * Tityus evandroi Mello-Leitão, 1945
  * Tityus exstinctus Lourenço, 1995
  * Tityus falconensis González-Sponga, 1974
  * Tityus fasciolatus Pessôa, 1935
  * Tityus festae Borelli, 1899
  * Tityus filodendron González-Sponga, 1981
  * Tityus florezi Lourenço, 2000
  * Tityus footei Chamberlin, 1916
  * Tityus forcipula (Gervais, 1843)
  * Tityus fuhrmanni Kraepelin, 1914
  * Tityus funestus Hirst, 1911
  * Tityus gaffini Lourenço, 2000
  * Tityus gasci Lourenço, 1982
  * Tityus gonzalespongai
  * Tityus grottoedensis Botero-Trujillo & Florez 2014
  * Tityus guaricoensis González-Sponga, 2004
  * Tityus imei Borges, de Sousa & Manzanilla, 2006
  * Tityus indecisus Mello-Leitão, 1934
  * Tityus insignis (Pocock, 1889)
  * Tityus intermedius Borelli, 1899
  * Tityus irapaensis González-Sponga, 2002
  * Tityus isabelceciliae González-Sponga, D'Suze & Sevcik, 2001
  * Tityus ivicnancor González-Sponga, 1997
  * Tityus jeanvellardi Lourenço, 2001
  * Tityus julianae Lourenço 2005
  * Tityus jussarae Lourenço, 1988
  * Tityus kaderkai Kovarik, 2005
  * Tityus kuryi Lourenço, 1997
  * Tityus lamottei
  * Tityus lancinii González-Sponga, 1972
  * Tityus lokiae Lourenço 2005
  * Tityus lourencoi Flórez, 1996
  * Tityus lutzi Giltay, 1928
  * Tityus macrochirus Pocock, 1897
  * Tityus magnimanus Pocock, 1897
  * Tityus marajoensis Lourenço & da Silva, 2007
  * Tityus manakai González-Sponga, 2004
  * Tityus maranhensis Lourenço, de Jesus Junior & Limeira-de-Oliveira, 2006
  * Tityus martinpaechi Lourenço, 2001
  * Tityus matthieseni ¿en Compsobuthus?
  * Tityus mattogrossensis Borelli, 1901
  * Tityus melanostictus Pocock, 1893
  * Tityus melici Lourenço, 2003
  * Tityus meridanus ¿en Ananteris?
  * Tityus metuendus Pocock, 1897
  * Tityus michelii (Armas, 1982)
  * Tityus microcystis Lutz & Mello, 1922
  * Tityus monaguensis González-Sponga, 1974
  * Tityus mongei Lourenço, 1996
  * Tityus mraceki Kovarik, 2007
  * Tityus mucusunamensis González-Sponga, 2006
  * Tityus munozi Lourenço, 1997
  * Tityus neblina Lourenço, 2008
  * Tityus neglectus Mello-Leitão, 1932
  * Tityus neibae Armas, 1999
  * Tityus nelsoni Lourenço 2005
  * Tityus nematochirus Mello-Leitão, 1940
  * Tityus neoespartanus González-Sponga, 1996
  * Tityus nororientalis González-Sponga, 1996
  * Tityus obispoi González-Sponga, 2006
  * Tityus obtusus (Karsch, 1879)
  * Tityus ocelote Francke & Stockwell, 1987
  * Tityus osmanus González-Sponga, 1996
  * Tityus oteroi Lourenço, 1998
  * Tityus ottenwalderi Armas, 1999
  * Tityus pachyurus Pocock, 1897
  * Tityus paraensis
  * Tityus paraguayensis Kraepelin, 1895
  * Tityus parvulus Kraepelin, 1914
  * Tityus paulistorum Lourenço & Qi, 2006
  * Tityus perijanensis González-Sponga, 1994
  * Tityus pictus Pocock, 1893
  * Tityus pintodarochai
  * Tityus pittieri González-Sponga, 1981
  * Tityus pococki Hirst, 1907
  * Tityus portoplatensis Armas & Marcano Fondeur, 1992
  * Tityus potameis Lourenço & Leão Giupponi, 2004
  * Tityus prancei Lourenço, 2000
  * Tityus proseni Abalos, 1954
  * Tityus pugilator Pocock, 1898
  * Tityus pusillus Pocock, 1893
  * Tityus quirogae de Sousa, Manzanilla & Parrilla-Alvarez, 2006
  * Tityus quisqueyanus (Armas, 1982)
  * Tityus ramirezi Esquivel de Verde, 1969 (nomen dubium)
  * Tityus raquelae Lourenço, 1988
  * Tityus rebieri Lourenço, 1997
  * Tityus riocaurensis González-Sponga, 1996
  * Tityus rionegrensis Lourenço, 2006
  * Tityus roigi Maury & Lourenço, 1987
  * Tityus rojasi González-Sponga, 1996
  * Tityus rondonorum Rojas-Runjaic & Armas, 2007
  * Tityus rufofuscus Pocock, 1897
  * Tityus rugosus Schenkel, 1932
  * Tityus rusmelyae González-Sponga, D'Suze & Sevcik, 2001
  * Tityus sabinae ¿"sabineae"? Lourenço, 1994
  * Tityus sanarensis González-Sponga, 1997
  * Tityus sarisarinamensis González-Sponga, 2002
  * Tityus sastrei Lourenço & Flórez, 1990
  * Tityus septentrionalis Armas & Abud Antun, 2004
  * Tityus serrulatus Lutz & Mello, 1922
  * Tityus shiriana González-Sponga, 1991
  * Tityus silvestris Pocock, 1897
  * Tityus simonsi Pocock, 1900
  * Tityus soratensis Kraepelin, 1912
  * Tityus stigmurus (Thorell, 1876)
  * Tityus strandi Werner, 1939
  * Tityus surmeridensis González-Sponga, 2002
  * Tityus surorientalis González-Sponga, 1996
  * Tityus sylviae Lourenço 2005
  * Tityus tamayoi González-Sponga, 1987
  * Tityus tayrona Lourenço, 1991
  * Tityus tenuicauda
  * Tityus thelyacanthus Mello-Leitão, 1933
  * Tityus trinitatis Pocock, 1897
  * Tityus trivittatus Kraepelin, 1898
  * Tityus tucurui Lourenço, 1988
  * Tityus uniformis Mello-Leitão, 1931
  * Tityus unus>
  * Tityus uquirensis González-Sponga, 2001
  * Tityus urbinai Scorza, 1952
  * Tityus uruguayensis Borelli, 1901
  * Tityus vaissadai Lourenço, 2002
  * Tityus valerae Scorza, 1954
  * Tityus venamensis González-Sponga, 1981
  * Tityus wayuu Rojas-Runjaic & Armas, 2007
  * Tityus ythieri
  * Tityus zulianus González-Sponga, 1981