New data on distribution and ecology of seven species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) Author Colombo, Marco text Euscorpius 2006 2006-12-31 36 36 1 40 https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2006/iss36/1/ journal article 10.18590/euscorpius.2006.vol2006.iss36.1 1536-9307 Euscorpius flavicaudis (DeGeer, 1778) ( Figs. 25–28 , Table 9 ) Euscorpius flavicaudis is one of the four “old” species (already discussed by Fanzago, 1872 ), which in the recent years has not been part of any important taxonomic changes; none of the subspecies listed by Caporiacco (1950) was elevated to species status. It is characterized by a typical Western Mediterranean chorotype ( Crucitti, 1993 ), and it is found in northern Africa ( Algeria , Tunisia ) and southern Europe (southern France and Corsica , Italy and southern Spain , including Balearic Islands ); it was introduced to northern Europe ( Great Britain ) and southern America ( Uruguay ) (Fet & Sissom, 2000). In Italy , it is recorded from the entire Tyrrhenian Figure 28: E. flavicaudis collecting sites. Liguria, Tuscany (Italy) and Var (France): 1. Fayence; 2. Mont Faron; 3. Andora Castello; 4. Toirano; 5. Finale Ligure; 6. Levigliani; 7. Castelfalfi. 36 Euscorpius — 2006, No. 36