The Scorpionidae (burrowing scorpions or pale-legged scorpions) make up the
superfamily
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Scorpionoidea
The Scorpionidae (burrowing scorpions or pale-legged scorpions) make up the superfamily Scorpionoidea. The family was established by Pierre André Latreille, 1802.
Genera
Scorpionidae contains the following genera:
* '' Aops'' Volschenk & Pr ...
. The family was established by
Pierre André Latreille, 1802.
Genera
Scorpionidae contains the following genera:
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Aops''
Volschenk & Prendini, 2008
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Chersonesometrus''
Couzijn, 1978
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Deccanometrus''
Prendini & Loria, 2020
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Gigantometrus
''Gigantometrus'' is a genus, whose members are also known by the collective vernacular name giant forest scorpions. There only two species in this genus
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Couzijn, 1978
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Heterometrus
''Heterometrus'', whose members are also known by the collective vernacular name giant forest scorpions, is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It is distributed widely across tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia, in ...
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Ehrenberg, 1828
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Javanimetrus''
Couzijn, 1978
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Opistophthalmus
''Opistophthalmus'' is a genus of scorpions known commonly as burrowing scorpions, tricolored scorpions, serkets, or hissing scorpions. They are found predominantly in southern Africa. They are known for making deep and elaborate burrows.
Desc ...
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C. L. Koch, 1837
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Pandiborellius''
Rossi, 2015
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Pandinoides''
Fet, 1997
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Pandinops''
Birula, 1913
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Pandinopsis''
Vachon, 1974
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Pandinurus''
Fet, 1997
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Pandinus
''Pandinus'' is a genus of large scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It contains one of the most popular pet scorpions, the emperor scorpion (''P. imperator''). The genus is distributed across tropical Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus was ...
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Thorell, 1876
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Pandipalpus''
Rossi, 2015
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Sahyadrimetrus''
Prendini & Loria, 2020
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Scorpio''
Linnaeus, 1758
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Srilankametrus''
Couzijn, 1981
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Urodacus
''Urodacus'' is a genus of scorpion belonging to the family Urodacidae. It was described by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters in 1861. The type species is '' U. novaehollandiae''. Its species are native to Australia, and dig burrows. The genus wa ...
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Peters, 1861
References
Scorpion families
Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille
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