Diplocentridae is 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 end ...
s. The roughly 120 species are mostly native to the
New World
The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 3 ...
, except for genus ''
Nebo'', which is distributed in the
Middle East
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...
.
[Santibáñez-López, C. E.; Francke, O. F.; and Prendini, L. (2014)]
''Kolotl'', n. gen. (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae), a new scorpion genus from Mexico.
''American Museum Novitates'' 3815 1-28.
A 2003 study suggests that this family is better treated as a subfamily of the
Scorpionidae
The Scorpionidae (burrowing scorpions or pale-legged scorpions) make up the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Scorpionoidea. The family was established by Pierre André Latreille, 1802.
Genera
Scorpionidae contains the following genera:
* ''Aops'' V ...
.
[Soleglad, M. E., & Fet, V. 2003]
High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni).
''Euscorpius'', 11 1-56.
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
External links
Biolib
Diplocentridae.
Tree of Life.
Scorpion families
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