Scorpionidae

The Scorpionidae (burrowing scorpions or pale-legged scorpions) make up the superfamily Scorpionoidea. The family was established by Pierre André Latreille, 1802.

Not to be confused with Scorpaenidae.

Scorpionidae
Heterometrus indus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Scorpiones
Superfamily:
Scorpionoidea
Family:
Scorpionidae

Latreille, 1802
Subfamilies
  • Diplocentrinae
  • Rugodentinae
  • Scorpioninae
  • Urodacinae[1]

List of genera and selected species

[2] According to The Scorpion Files[3] and Prendini & Francke:[4]

  • Scorpioninae Latreille, 1802
  • Diplocentrinae Karsch, 1880
    • Diplocentrini Karsch, 1880
      • Bioculus Stahnke, 1968
      • Cazierius Francke, 1978
      • Cryptoiclus Teruel & Kovařík, 2012
      • Didymocentrus Kraepelin, 1905
      • Diplocentrus Peters, 1861[5]
        • D. peloncillensis[6]
        • D. spitzeri[7]
      • Heteronebo Pocock, 1899
      • Oiclus Simon, 1880
      • Tarsoporosus Francke, 1978
    • Nebini Kraepelin, 1905
  • Rugodentinae Bastawade, Sureshan & Radhakrishnan, 2005
    • Rugodentus Bastawade, Sureshan & Radhakrishnan, 2005
  • Urodacinae Pocock, 1893
    • Urodacus Peters, 1861
    • Aops Volschenk & Prendini, 2008
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References
  1. Reginald Innes Pocock (1893). "Arizona Scorpions Species".
  2. "Arizona Scorpions Species". Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  3. The Scorpion Files
  4. Classification de Hallan Archived 2014-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Peters (1861). "Arizona Scorpions Species".
  6. Oscar F. Francke (1863). "Arizona Scorpions Species". Taxonomy of scorpions.
  7. Herbert L. Stahnke (1970). "Arizona Scorpions Species".


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