The Chactidae are a family of

scorpion Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always en ...

s established by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1893. They make up the superfamily Chactoidea.

Genera

Chactidae contains the following genera: *'' Anuroctonus'' Pocock, 1893 *'' Auyantepuia'' (Gonzalez-Sponga, 1978) *'' Broteochactas'' Pocock, 1893 *'' Brotheas'' C.L. Koch, 1837 *'' Chactas'' Gervais, 1844 *'' Chactopsis'' Kraepelin, 1912 *'' Chactopsoides'' Ochoa, Rojas-Runjaic, Pinto-Da-Rocha & Prendini, 2013 *'' Guyanochactas'' Lourenco, 1998 *'' Hadrurochactas'' Pocock, 1893 *'' Megachactops'' Ochoa, Rojas-Runjaic, Pinto-Da-Rocha & Prendini, 2013 *'' Neochactas'' Soleglad & Fet, 2003 *'' Nullibrotheas'' Williams, 1974 *'' Spinochactas'' Lourenço, 2016 *'' Teuthraustes'' Simon, 1878 *'' Uroctonus'' Thorell, 1876 *'' Vachoniochactas'' Gonzalez-Sponga, 1978

References

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