AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837 (Arrowbreasted scorpions)
and region Cape Verde (Macaronesia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
125
357
535
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
25
42
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
5
9
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
4
8
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
4
8
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Buthoidea
Koch, 1837
1
4
7
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyButhidae
C. L. Koch, 1837
Arrowbreasted scorpions, Bark scorpions
4
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape Verde
4 Genera with 7 Species
Centruroides Marx, 1863Bark scorpions1SpeciesTaxom
Hottentotta Birula, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalurus Thorell, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Tityus C. L. Koch, 18963SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Verde
7 Species
Centruroides exilicauda Wood, 1863Arizona bark scorpion
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) hottentotta Fabricius, 1787Congo red alligator back scorpion
Hottentotta caboverdensis Lourenço & Y..., 2006Cape Verde alligator back scorpion
Rhopalurus laticauda Thorell, 1876
Tityus azari W. R. Lourenço, 2013
Tityus geratus Santiago-Bla..., 1988
Tityus paraensis Kraepelin, 1896


Links, sources and further information
Buthidae at biodiversity.org.au
Buthidae at fr.wikipedia.org
Buthidae at gbif.org
Buthidae at irmng.org
Buthidae at itis.gov