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I will just add that Hemiscorpius stings usually aren't that painful, which is often why envenomations end up becoming life threatening, as people sometimes wait days to seek medical attention.

Like Joey said, you missed Prendini's ~400 page revision in 2020. As far as implications go for some of the species in the hobby: • The Pandinus subgenera Pandinopsis and Pandipalpus are elevated to full genera (and thus the species are Pandinopsis dictator and Pandipalpus viatoris). • Hobby...

Relatively smooth chelae with heavy granulation on the tergites. It's not an adult so this characteristic isn't as obvious, but even at this age, P. imperator have rounder chelae.

Definitely Pandipalpus viatoris.

If you believe they're not conspecific, please separate them. You should post pictures of them for proper identification however. Odds are they're not either of those species. Regarding isopods, they are fine to put in adult enclosures, but keep in mind that larger isopod species will get...

Yes, this is either H. laevigatus or H. minotaurus/cimrmani (depending on whose taxonomy you subscribe to).

Where in Thailand? It's likely H. laevigatus/cimrmani/minotaurus (depending on whose taxonomy you subscribe to). H. silenus are native to Vietnam.

Respectfully, the first situation was likely preventable. While they generally can be kept together without issue, if territorial fighting persists for days without improvement, they should obviously be separated. Regarding the second situation, yes, cannibalism does occasionally happen with...

Heterometrus will certainly survive at those temperatures, but keep in mind that they are from areas of the world that get considerably warmer than that, especially during the day.

Pandipalpus viatoris.

Various members of Pandininae and Heterometrinae are well documented to exhibit communal behavior. In nature it is not uncommon to find burrows containing multiple individuals of overlapping generations. As such, they tend to do quite well in communal setups in captivity. I have kept and bred...

Heterometrus silenus.

Male.

Female Pandipalpus viatoris.

They're absolutely not a Pandinoides species. P. cavimanus used to be reasonably common in the pet trade, but Tanzania halted wildlife exports several years ago, and now they are very rare.

Shape and granulation of the chelae, heavy granulation on the tergites, and shape and coloration of the telson.

Generally speaking there is not much difference in lifespan between sexes. Females of some species may take more molts to reach sexual maturity, and thus may live slightly longer (not too uncommon in many buthids). For other species, this is not the case, and there is no appreciable difference...

Pandipalpus viatoris.

Unquestionably Pandinus imperator.

Here's a thread that contains a link to the 2020 revision, as well as a breakdown of the taxonomic changes involving species commonly in the pet trade: https://arachnoboards.com/threads/heterometrus-revision.340009/