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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
210
775
1695
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
25
103
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
4
17
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tanzania
4 Families width 44 Species and 2 Subspecies
Buthidae (C. L. Koch, 1837)Arrowbreasted scorpions29SpeciesTaxom
Hormuridae Laurie, 18963SpeciesTaxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802Largeclaw scorpions12SpeciesTaxom
Vaejovidae Thorell, 18760SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tanzania
17 Genera with 44 Species
Afrolychas Kovarík, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Babycurus Karsch, 19138SpeciesTaxom
Chiromachus Pocock, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1896Giant forest scorpions3SpeciesTaxom
Hottentotta Birula, 18616SpeciesTaxom
Iomachus Pocock, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Isometrus Ehrenberg, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Lychas C. L. Koch, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Odonturus Karsch, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Opisthacanthus Peters, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1861Burrowing scorpions3SpeciesTaxom
Pandinoides Fet, 20162SpeciesTaxom
Pandinurus Fet, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Pandinus Thorell, 1841African emperor scorpions3SpeciesTaxom
Parabuthus Pocock, 18954SpeciesTaxom
Uroplectes Peters, 18976SpeciesTaxom
Vaejovis Koch, 1836
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
44 Species and 2 Subspecies
Afrolychas burdoi Simon, 1882
Babycurus buettneri Karsch, 1886
Babycurus centrurimorphus Karsch, 1886
Babycurus gigas Kraepelin, 1896
Babycurus jacksoni Pocock, 1890
Babycurus pictus (Pocock, 1896)⇒ Babycurus buettneri Karsch, 1886
Babycurus ugartei (Kovarík, 2000)⇒ Barbaracurus ugartei Kovařík, 2000
Babycurus wituensis Kraepelin, 1913
Babycurus wituensis wituensis Kraepelin, 1913
Chiromachus ochropus C. L. Koch, 1837Seychelles giant scorpion
Heterometrus (Javanimetrus) cyaneus C.L. Koch, 1836Asian blue forest scorpion
Heterometrus boehmei Kraepelin, 1896
Heterometrus boehmi (Kraepelin, 1896)⇒ Opistophthalmus boehmi Kraepelin, 1896
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) fuscitruncus Caporiacco, 1936
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) minax L. Koch, 1875
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) polystictus Pocock, 1896
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) trilineatus Peters, 1861
Hottentotta eminii Pocock, 1890
Hottentotta trilineata Peters, 1861
Iomachus politus Pocock, 1896Tanzanian Long-claw Scorpion
Isometrus (Isometrus) maculatus DeGeer, 1778Lesser brown scorpion
Lychas asper Pocock, 1891
Lychas burdoi Simon, 1882
Lychas obsti Kraepelin, 1913
Odonturus dentatus Karsch, 1879Uinta sandwort
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) rugiceps Pocock, 1897Northern jointvetch
Opistophthalmus boehmi Kraepelin, 1896
Opistophthalmus carinatus Peters, 1861African Yellow-leg Scorpion
Opistophthalmus glabrifrons Peters, 1861Opistophalmus glabrifons
Pandinoides cavimanus Pocock, 1888Red claw scorpion
Pandinoides duffmackayi Prendini, 2016
Pandinurus viatoris Pocock, 1890Red Clawed Cave Scorpion
Pandinus (Pandinoides) cavimanus Pocock, 1888Red claw scorpion
Pandinus (Pandinurus) viatoris Pocock, 1890
Pandinus (Pandinus) imperator Koch, 1841Common emperor scorpion
Parabuthus leiosoma abyssinicus Pocock, 1901
Parabuthus liosoma Ehrenberg, 1828African black tail scorpion
Parabuthus maximus Werner, 1913
Parabuthus pallidus Pocock, 1895
Uroplectes fischeri Karsch, 1879
Uroplectes flavoviridis Peters, 1861
Uroplectes pardalis Werner, 1913
Uroplectes pictus Werner, 1913
Uroplectes vittatus Thorell, 1876
Uroplectes xanthogrammus (Pocock, 1897)⇒ Uroplectes vittatus Thorell, 1876

Subnodes of Scorpiones with occurrences in Tanzania
SuborderNeoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
4
17
44
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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