Tityus dasyurus Pocock, 1897

de Armas, Luis F., 2020, Scorpions of Puerto Rico and its satellite islands (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Diplocentridae): an аnnotated list, key for genera, and bibliography, Euscorpius 311, pp. 1-8 : 5-6

Tityus dasyurus Pocock, 1897 . This species was described from “ Porto Rico ”, but Teruel et al. (2020: 12) suggested that it seems to be a South or Central American taxon.

Remarks. Of the 16 confirmed species of scorpions described from these Greater Antillean islands, four ( M. borincanus , M. santosi , T. alejandroi , T. angelesae ) are known for a sex and only one or two adult specimens. Seven species, six of them belonging to the genus Tityus , are endemic of Puerto Rico Island; Vieques has two ones ( M. vieques and T. alejandroi ), whereas Mona Island and Culebrita Island has one species each ( C. garridoi and M. santosi , respectively). At least two species ( C. bani and H. abudi ) are shared with Hispaniola and one ( C. griseus ) is also found in Virgin Islands. The only introduced species is I. maculatus .

Two species ( Centruroides jorgeorum Santiago-Blay, 2009 and C. sasae Santiago-Blay, 2009 ) remain to be confirmed and are not listed among the 16 confirmed ones; and one more species ( Tityus dasyurus Pocock, 1897 ) is possibly not a Puerto Rican taxon (Teruel et al., 2020).