Scorpionidae

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]

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

List of genera and selected species

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

Scorpioninae Latreille, 1802
- Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828
- Opistophthalmus Koch, 1837
- Pandinus Thorell, 1876
- Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758
- †Mioscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
- †Sinoscorpius Hong, 1983
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
  - Nebo Simon, 1878
Rugodentinae Bastawade, Sureshan & Radhakrishnan, 2005
- Rugodentus Bastawade, Sureshan & Radhakrishnan, 2005
Urodacinae Pocock, 1893
- Urodacus Peters, 1861
- Aops Volschenk & Prendini, 2008

References

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↑ Reginald Innes Pocock (1893). "Arizona Scorpions Species".
↑ "Arizona Scorpions Species". Retrieved 2013-10-18.
↑ The Scorpion Files
↑ Classification de Hallan
↑ Peters (1861). "Arizona Scorpions Species".
↑ Oscar F. Francke (1863). "Arizona Scorpions Species". Taxonomy of scorpions.
↑ Herbert L. Stahnke (1970). "Arizona Scorpions Species".

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