Species list, Checklist of Order Scorpiones (scorpion) for Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)

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Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Order Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 (scorpion)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	61 122 116	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	18 27 31	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	3 4 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Cape Peninsula
3 Families width 6 Species

Hormuridae Laurie, 1896		1	Species	Taxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802	Largeclaw scorpions	1	Species	Taxom
Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837	Arrowbreasted scorpions	4	Species	Taxom

Genera for Cape Peninsula
4 Genera with 6 Species

Opisthacanthus Peters, 1876		1	Species	Taxom
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1800	Burrowing scorpions	1	Species	Taxom
Parabuthus Pocock, 1831		1	Species	Taxom
Uroplectes Peters, 1844		3	Species	Taxom

Species list for Cape Peninsula
6 Species

Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) capensis Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus capensis Herbst, 1800
Parabuthus capensis Ehrenberg, 1831
Uroplectes insignis Pocock, 1890	Jointvetch
Uroplectes lineatus Koch, 1844
Uroplectes variegatus C. L. Koch, 1844

Subnodes of Scorpiones with occurrences in Cape Peninsula

Suborder

Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885

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4
6

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Scorpiones at biodiversity.org.au
Scorpiones at gbif.org
Scorpiones at itis.gov