Chinese swimming scorpion (Lychas mucronatus)

Chinese swimming scorpion (Lychas mucronatus) is a species of animal in the Buthidae, total length 21-90 mm, yellow-brown in color with blackish patterns on the body, legs and the last segment of the metasoma.

The upper side surface has a pattern of yellow spots. The tail consists of large, rounded segments with black tips. Males are distinguished from females in that the proximal pedipalp finger is curved and the edges do not meet.

L. mucronatus lives in grasslands, shrubs, moor and surrounding habitats tree. These scorpions occupy four characteristic types of microhabitats including leaf litter, weathered wood, in the soil, and under rocks. Most commonly found in grassland and shrub habitat with sloping contours with microhabitat under rocks.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Suborder: Neoscorpionina
Infraorder: Orthosterni
Parvorder: Buthida
Superfamily: Buthoidea
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Lychas
Species: Lychas mucronatus

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