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 Jordan (Near East)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
43
99
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
7
21
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
2
12
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
2
12
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
2
12
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Buthoidea
Koch, 1837
1
10
27
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyButhidae
C. L. Koch, 1837
Arrowbreasted scorpions, Bark scorpions
10
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Jordan
10 Genera with 27 Species
Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1807Fat-tailed scorpions4SpeciesTaxom
Birulatus Vachon, 20212SpeciesTaxom
Buthacus Birula, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Buthus Leach, 17894SpeciesTaxom
Compsobuthus Vachon, 19498SpeciesTaxom
Hottentotta Birula, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Leiurus Hemprich & E..., 18293SpeciesTaxom
Orthochirus Karsch, 19603SpeciesTaxom
Trypanothacus Lowe, Kovaří..., 20211SpeciesTaxom
Vachoniolus Levy, Amitai..., 19731SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Jordan
27 Species and 2 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
Birulatus haasi Vachon, 1974
Birulatus jordanensis Lourenço, Al..., 2021
Buthacus leptochelys Ehrenberg, 1829
Buthus ameri
Buthus amri Lourenço, Ya..., 2010
Buthus judaicus (Simon, 1872)⇒ Hottentotta judaicus Simon, 1872
Buthus occitanus Amoreux, 1789Common yellow scorpion
Compsobuthus acutecarinatus Simon, 1882
Compsobuthus carmelitis Levy, Amitai..., 1973
Compsobuthus jordanensis Levy, Amitai..., 1973
Compsobuthus levyi KovaÅ™ík, 2012
Compsobuthus longipalpis Levy, Amitai..., 1973
Compsobuthus schmiedeknechti Vachon, 1949
Compsobuthus werneri Birula, 1908
Compsobuthus werneri schmiedeknechti Vachon, 1949
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) judaicus Simon, 1872Israeli black scorpion
Hottentotta judaica Simon, 1872
Leiurus hebraeus Birula, 1908Hebrew deathstalker scorpion
Leiurus jordanensis Lourenço, Mo..., 2002Jordan black deathstalker scorpion
Leiurus quinquestriatus Ehrenberg, 1829Deathstalker
Orthochirus innesi Simon, 1910Stocky cerith
Orthochirus scrobiculosus Grube, 1873
Orthochirus scrobiculosus negebensis Shulov & Amitai, 1960
Trypanothacus azraqensis Al-Saraireh,..., 2021
Vachoniolus globimanus Levy, Amitai..., 1973


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