Scorpionidae

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Scorpionidae Higher classification Scorpionoidea Order Scorpion		Superfamily Scorpionoidea Phylum Arthropoda Rank Family

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:

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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