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Scorpionidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Scorpionidae

Higher classification
  
Scorpionoidea

Order
  
Scorpion

Superfamily
  
Scorpionoidea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Family

Scorpionidae emperor scorpion Pandinus imperator Scorpiones Scorpionidae

Lower classifications
  
Heterometrus, Pandinus, Emperor scorpion, Opistophthalmus, Scorpio maurus

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

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List of genera and selected species

According to The Scorpion Files and Prendini & Francke:

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  • 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
  • D. peloncillensis
  • D. spitzeri
  • 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

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    References

    Scorpionidae Wikipedia
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