Abstract
The family Buthidae Koch, 1837 is so far the most diverse among the order Scorpiones and contains most of the toxic species to humans. However, the phylogeny of their genera has not been widely evaluated, and there are few revisions in which the cladistic method has been used. The genus Tityus Koch, 1937 is a member of Buthidae and represents the most diverse taxon among the entire order …