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Checklist for Order Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 (scorpion)
and region Kuwait (Near East)


Class
 		Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids		10
15
20		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
3
6
8		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions		2
5
7		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kuwait
2 Families width 7 Species
Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837Arrowbreasted scorpions6SpeciesTaxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802Largeclaw scorpions1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kuwait
5 Genera with 7 Species
Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1807Fat-tailed scorpions1SpeciesTaxom
Apistobuthus Finnegan, 19982SpeciesTaxom
Buthacus Birula, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Compsobuthus Vachon, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Scorpio Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kuwait
7 Species
Androctonus crassicauda Olivier, 1807Arabian black fat-tailed scorpion
Apistobuthus pterygocercus Finnegan, 1932
Apistobuthus susanae Lourenço, 1998
Buthacus leptochelys Ehrenberg, 1829
Compsobuthus arabicus Levy, Amitai..., 1973
Compsobuthus pallidus Hendrixson, 2006
Scorpio maurus Linnaeus, 1758Large-clawed Scorpion

Subnodes of Scorpiones with occurrences in Kuwait
SuborderNeoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
2
5
7		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Scorpiones at biodiversity.org.au
Scorpiones at gbif.org
Scorpiones at itis.gov