''Cheloctonus'' is a genus 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 in the family
Hormuridae
Hormuridae is a family of scorpions in the order Scorpiones. There are about 10 genera and more than 90 described species in Hormuridae.
Genera
These 11 genera belong to the family Hormuridae:
* ''Cheloctonus'' Pocock, 1892
* ''Chiromachetes'' ...
.
Scorpions in this genus are not believed to be medically significant.
Species
* ''
Cheloctonus anthracinus''
Pocock, 1899
* ''
Cheloctonus crassimanus''
( Pocock, 1896)
* ''
Cheloctonus glaber''
Kraepelin, 1896
* ''
Cheloctonus intermedius''
Hewitt, 1912
* ''
Cheloctonus jonesii''
Pocock, 1892
References
Scorpion genera
Hormuridae
Scorpions
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