Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828

(Figs. 15, 458–546, 571–574)

Buthus (Heterometrus) Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828: pl. 1, figs 1–2 (part, only fig. 2); Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829: 351.

Heterometrus: Kovařík, 2004: 1–60, figs. 1–32 (complete reference and synonymy list until 2004); Kovařík, 2009: 34–49, 73–113, figs. 1–283.

TYPE SPECIES. Buthus (Heterometrus) spinifer Ehrenberg, 1828, by subsequent designation (Karsch, 1879: 20).

DIAGNOSIS: Total length 60–176 mm. Orthobothriotaxy type C. Pedipalp femur with three trichobothria, only one of which resides on internal surface. Pedipalp patella with 19 trichobothria, 3 ventral, and 13 external. Chela of pedipalp with 26 trichobothria. Retrolateral pedal spurs absent. Lateroapical margins of tarsi produced into rounded lobes. Metasomal segments I–IV with paired ventral submedian carinae. Stridulatory organ located on opposing surfaces of pedipalp coxa and first leg.

DISTRIBUTION. Oriental region from India to Indonesia.