Acanthothraustes Mello-Leitão, 1945 Scorpius Poda, 1761 Euscorpius is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions.

It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the Chactidae[3] – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.

The most common members belong to the E. carpathicus species complex, which makes up the subgenus Euscorpius.

[2] This group is widespread from North Africa and Spain to temperate Eurasia from England and northern France through the Czech Republic to Russia.

The venom of Euscorpius species is generally very weak, with effects similar to a mosquito bite.