---
title: "Lesser Brown Scorpion"
description: "Isometrus maculatus — Insetos e aranhas. Isometrus maculatus, commonly as the lesser brown scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/lesser-brown-scorpion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lesser Brown Scorpion

> Isometrus maculatus — Insetos e aranhas. Isometrus maculatus, commonly as the lesser brown scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.

- Scientific name: *Isometrus maculatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 600
- Wikidata: [Q3155566](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3155566)
- iNaturalist taxon: [363789](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/363789)

## Names

- en: Lesser Brown Scorpion
- fr: Petit scorpion brun

## Countries with the most observations

US (201), RE (55), TW (50), LK (23), MU (22), JP (21), IN (20), TZ (13), BL (11), MG (11), UM (11), KE (9)

## Summary

Isometrus maculatus, commonly as the lesser brown scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae. Its distribution is pantropical; it is an introduced species in Hawaii.

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

## Photo

![Lesser Brown Scorpion](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-brown-scorpion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35189896

## Machine access

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