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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
57
138
214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
13
41
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
3
17
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Saudi Arabia
3 Families width 44 Species and 6 Subspecies
Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837Arrowbreasted scorpions39SpeciesTaxom
Hemiscorpiidae Pocock, 1893Longtail rock scorpions1SpeciesTaxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802Largeclaw scorpions4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Saudi Arabia
17 Genera with 44 Species
Androctonus Ehrenberg, 2023Fat-tailed scorpions6SpeciesTaxom
Apistobuthus Finnegan, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Barbaracurus Kovařík, Low..., 20182SpeciesTaxom
Buthacus Birula, 19736SpeciesTaxom
Butheolus Simon, 20064SpeciesTaxom
Compsobuthus Vachon, 20066SpeciesTaxom
Hemiscorpius Peters, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Hottentotta Birula, 18283SpeciesTaxom
Leiurus Hemprich & E..., 19286SpeciesTaxom
Nebo Simon, 19802SpeciesTaxom
Orthochirus Karsch, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Pandinus Thorell, 1894African emperor scorpions1SpeciesTaxom
Parabuthus Pocock, 18283SpeciesTaxom
Scorpio Linnaeus, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Trypanothacus Lowe, Kovaří..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Vachoniolus Levy, Amitai..., 19732SpeciesTaxom
Xenobuthus Lowe, 20062SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saudi Arabia
44 Species and 6 Subspecies
Androctonus amoreuxi Audouin, 1826African fattail scorpion
Androctonus australis Linné, 1758Fattail scorpion
Androctonus bicolor Ehrenberg, 1828Black fat-tailed scorpion
Androctonus crassicauda Olivier, 1807Arabian black fat-tailed scorpion
Androctonus leiosoma Ehrenberg, 1828
Androctonus tihamicus Alqahtani, Y..., 2023
Apistobuthus pterygocercus Finnegan, 1932
Barbaracurus kabateki Kovařík, Low..., 2022
Barbaracurus yemenensis Kovařík, Low..., 2018
Buthacus buettikeri (Hendrixson, 2006)⇒ Trypanothacus buettikeri Hendrixson, 2006
Buthacus leptochelys Ehrenberg, 1829
Buthacus leptochelys leptochelys Ehrenberg, 1829
Buthacus nigroaculeatus Levy & al., 1973
Buthacus yotvatensis Levy, Amitai..., 1973
Buthacus yotvatensis nigroaculeatus Levy, Amitai..., 1973
Butheolus anthracinus Pocock, 1895
Butheolus arabicus (Lourenço & Qi, 2006)⇒ Xenobuthus arabicus Lourenço & Qi, 2006
Butheolus thalassinus Simon, 1882
Butheolus villosus Hendrixson, 2006
Compsobuthus arabicus Levy, Amitai..., 1973
Compsobuthus fuscatus Hendrixson, 2006
Compsobuthus longipalpis Levy, Amitai..., 1973
Compsobuthus manzonii Borelli, 1915
Compsobuthus pallidus Hendrixson, 2006
Compsobuthus setosus Hendrixson, 2006
Hemiscorpius arabicus Pocock, 1899
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) jayakari Pocock, 1895Iranian black-tailed alligator back scorpion
Hottentotta jayakari jayakari Pocock, 1895
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) scaber Ehrenberg, 1828Threaded trophon
Leiurus arabicus Lowe, Yagmur..., 2014
Leiurus brachycentrus Ehrenberg, 1829
Leiurus haenggii Lowe, Yagmur..., 2014
Leiurus jordanensis Lourenço, Mo..., 2002Jordan black deathstalker scorpion
Leiurus quinquestriatus Ehrenberg, 1829Deathstalker
Leiurus quinquestriatus quinquestriatus Ehrenberg, 1928
Nebo flavipes Simon, 1882
Nebo grandis Francke, 1980
Orthochirus innesi Simon, 1910Stocky cerith
Orthochirus scrobiculosus Grube, 1873
Pandinus (Pandinurus) arabicus Kraepelin, 1894
Parabuthus leiosoma Pocock, 1901
Parabuthus leiosoma leiosoma
Parabuthus liosoma Ehrenberg, 1828African black tail scorpion
Scorpio maurus Linnaeus, 1758Large-clawed Scorpion
Scorpio maurus kruglovi Birula, 1910
Trypanothacus buettikeri Hendrixson, 2006
Vachoniolus globimanus Levy, Amitai..., 1973
Vachoniolus minipectinatus Levy, Amitai..., 1973
Xenobuthus anthracinus Pocock, 1895
Xenobuthus arabicus Lourenço & Qi, 2006

Subnodes of Scorpiones with occurrences in Saudi Arabia
SuborderNeoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
3
17
44
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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