title: Smeringurus
text: # Smeringurus
  
  Smeringurus is a small genus of scorpions native to Mexico and the southwestern United States within the family Vaejovidae. It is closely related to the genus Paruroctonus, of which it was formerly considered a subgenus.
  
  ## Species
  
  List according to The Scorpion Files:
  
  * Smeringurus aridus (Soleglad, 1972)
  * Smeringurus grandis (Williams, 1970)
  * Smeringurus mesaensis (Stahnke, 1957)
  * Smeringurus vachoni (Stahnke, 1961)
  