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Afrolychas

Afrolychas is a genus of scorpion in the family Buthidae. There are two species in this genus, both of which used to belong to the genus Lychas. The genus was described in 2019 by František Kovařík. The genus name Afrolychas is a reference to the African range of its species and the fact that the two species used to be members of the genus Lychas. Afrolychas's closest relatives are believed to be the scorpions in the genus Pseudolychas. Afrolychas braueri is one of the rarest scorpions in the world, as it is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.

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Afrolychas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Afrolychas
Kovarik, 2019

Afrolychas is a genus of scorpion in the family Buthidae. There are two species in this genus, both of which used to belong to the genus Lychas.1 The genus was described in 2019 by František Kovařík.2 The genus name Afrolychas is a reference to the African range of its species and the fact that the two species used to be members of the genus Lychas.2 Afrolychas's closest relatives are believed to be the scorpions in the genus Pseudolychas.2 Afrolychas braueri is one of the rarest scorpions in the world, as it is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.3

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  1. Rein, Jan Ove (2021). "Buthidae". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  2. Kovařík, František (September 23, 2019). "Taxonomic reassessment of the genera Lychas, Mesobuthus, and Olivierus, with descriptions of four new genera (Scorpiones: Buthidae)". Euscorpius: Occasional Publications in Scorpiology. 288: 1–27. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  3. Gerlach, Justin (2014). ""Lychas braueri"". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. Retrieved March 27, 2021.