The Euscorpiidae 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 end ...
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Genera
''Euscorpiidae'' contains the following six genera:
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Alpiscorpius''
Gantenbein ''et al.'', 1999
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Euscorpius
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily Euscorpiinae. ...
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Thorell, 1876
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Megacormus''
Karsch, 1881
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Plesiochactas''
Pocock, 1900
* ''
Tetratrichobothrius''
Birula, 1917
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Troglocormus''
Francke, 1981
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Scorpion families
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