Lychas variatus

{{Short description|Species of scorpion}}

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| genus = Lychas

| species = variatus

| authority = (Thorell, 1877){{cite journal |last1=Thorell|first1=T | date=1877 |title= Études scorpiologiques |url= |journal= Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen |volume=19 |issue= |page=136 |doi= |access-date=}}

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• Isometrus thorelli Keyserling, 1885
• Isometrus variatus Thorell, 1877
• Isometrus variatus papuanus Thorell, 1888
• Isometrus armatus Pocock, 1890
• Lychas marmoreus kimberleyanus Kraepelin, 1916
• Lychas spinatus Kraepelin, 1916
• Lychas spinatus pallidus Glauert, 1925
• Lychas spinatus besti Glauert, 1925
• Lychas lappa Glauert, 1954

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Lychas variatus, also known as the marbled scorpion or splendid marbled scorpion, is a species of small scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is native to Australia and New Guinea, and was first described in 1877 by Swedish arachnologist Tamerlan Thorell.