Abstract
Based on a recently published phylogeny of Australasian hormurid scorpions, HormiopsFage, 1933, previously considered a doubtful taxon by some authors, is now reinstated as a valid genus. These lithophilous scorpions are currently only recorded from two groups of granitic islands in the South China Sea, the Con Đo Archipelago near the southern tip of Vietnam and the Seribuat Archipelago off the south-east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Each of these archipelagos is harbouring a distinct species. Newly collected specimens enable the examination of unknown or inadequately studied morphological characters, such as cuticle ornamentation, hemispermatophores and book lungs. Based on these new data, updated descriptions with high resolution illustrations of important diagnostic characters are provided for H. davidoviFage, 1933 and H. infulcraMonod, 2014.
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