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Orthochirus
Orthochirus negebensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Buthidae
Genus:	Orthochirus Karsch, 1891

Orthochirus is a genus of scorpion in the family Buthidae, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1891.

Species

Orthochirus contains the following fifty-seven species.

• Orthochirus afar Kovarik, Lowe & Stahlavsky, 2016
• Orthochirus afghanus Kovarik, 2004
• Orthochirus arenicola Lourenço & Ythier, 2021
• Orthochirus atarensis Lourenço & Leguin, 2011
• Orthochirus bastawadei Zambre, Mirza, Sanap, Upadhye & Javed, 2011
• Orthochirus bicolor (Pocock, 1897)
• Orthochirus birulai Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020
• Orthochirus carinatus Navidpour, Kovarik, Soleglad & Fet, 2019
• Orthochirus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço & Leguin, 2011
• Orthochirus danielleae (Lourenço & Vachon, 1997)
• Orthochirus farzanpayi (Vachon & Farzanpay, 1987)
• Orthochirus feti Kovarik, 2004
• Orthochirus flavescens (Pocock, 1897)
• Orthochirus fomichevi Kovarik, Yagmur, Fet & Hussen, 2019
• Orthochirus formozovi Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020
• Orthochirus fuscipes (Pocock, 1900)
• Orthochirus gantenbeini Kovarik, Yagmur, Fet & Hussen, 2019
• Orthochirus glabrifrons (Kraepelin, 1903)
• Orthochirus gromovi Kovarik, 2004
• Orthochirus grosseri Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020
• Orthochirus gruberi Kovarik & Fet, 2006
• Orthochirus hormozganensis Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020
• Orthochirus heratensis Kovarik, 2004
• Orthochirus innesi Simon, 1910
• Orthochirus iranus Kovarik, 2004
• Orthochirus iraqus Kovarik, 2004
• Orthochirus jalalabadensis Kovarik, 2004
• Orthochirus kaspareki (Lourenço & Huber, 2000)
• Orthochirus kermanensis Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020
• Orthochirus kinzelbachi (Lourenço & Huber, 2000)
• Orthochirus kovariki Yagmur & Khalili, 2022
• Orthochirus krishnai Tikader & Bastawade, 1983
• Orthochirus kryzhanovskyi Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020
• Orthochirus kucerai Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020
• Orthochirus masihipouri Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020
• Orthochirus maroccanus Lourenço & Leguin, 2011
• Orthochirus melanurus (Kessler, 1874)
• Orthochirus mesopotamicus Birula, 1918
• Orthochirus milloti Lourenço, 2021
• Orthochirus minor Lourenço, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012
• Orthochirus monodi (Lourenço & Vachon, 1997)
• Orthochirus navidpouri Kovarik, Yagmur, Fet & Hussen, 2019
• Orthochirus negebensis Shulov & Amitai, 1960
• Orthochirus nordmanni Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020
• Orthochirus olivaceus (Karsch, 1881)
• Orthochirus pallidus (Pocock, 1897)
• Orthochirus persa (Birula, 1900)
• Orthochirus samrchelsis Kovarik, 2004
• Orthochirus scrobiculosus (Grube, 1873)
• Orthochirus sejnai Kovarik, Fet & Yagmur, 2020
• Orthochirus semnanensis Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020
• Orthochirus soufiensis Lourenco & Sadine, 2021
• Orthochirus stockwelli (Lourenço & Vachon, 1995)
• Orthochirus tassili Lourenço & Leguin, 2011
• Orthochirus tibesti Lourenço, Duhem & Cloudsley-Thompson, 2012
• Orthochirus varius Kovarik, 2004
• Orthochirus vignolii Kovarik & Navidpour, 2020
• Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovarik, 2004