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Diplocentridae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Scorpion

Class
  
Arachnida

Rank
  
Family

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Diplocentrus, Scorpion, Chactidae, Scorpionidae, Hemiscorpiidae

Diplocentridae is a family of scorpions. There are about 120 species mostly native to the New World, except for genus Nebo, which is distributed in the Middle East.

A 2003 study suggests that this family is better treated as a subfamily of the Scorpionidae.

Taxa include:

  • Subfamily Diplocentrinae Karsch, 1880
  • Bioculus Stahnke, 1968
  • Cazierius Francke, 1978
  • Didymocentrus Kraepelin, 1905
  • Diplocentrus Peters, 1861
  • Heteronebo Pocock, 1899
  • Kolotl Santibáñez-López, et al., 2014
  • Oiclus Simon, 1880
  • Tarsoporosus Francke, 1978
  • Subfamily Nebinae Kraepelin, 1905
  • Nebo Simon, 1878
  • References

    Diplocentridae Wikipedia