---
title: "Dwarf Wood Scorpion"
description: "Liocheles australasiae — Insekten & Spinnen. Liocheles australasiae, the dwarf wood scorpion, is a species of scorpion belonging to the family Hormuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/dwarf-wood-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dwarf Wood Scorpion

> Liocheles australasiae — Insekten & Spinnen. Liocheles australasiae, the dwarf wood scorpion, is a species of scorpion belonging to the family Hormuridae.

- Scientific name: *Liocheles australasiae*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 1161
- Wikidata: [Q3241745](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3241745)
- iNaturalist taxon: [361989](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/361989)

## Names

- en: Dwarf Wood Scorpion

## Countries with the most observations

ID (196), HK (183), MY (147), SG (80), TW (61), PH (52), JP (37), CN (34), TH (27), AU (16), VU (14), CK (7)

## Summary

Liocheles australasiae, the dwarf wood scorpion, is a species of scorpion belonging to the family Hormuridae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liocheles_australasiae

## Photo

![Dwarf Wood Scorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dwarf-wood-scorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229869474

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dwarf-wood-scorpion?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).