Species list, Checklist of Family Buthidae (Arrowbreasted scorpions) for Kuwait (Near East)

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Checklist for Family Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837 (Arrowbreasted scorpions)
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
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	2 5 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	2 5 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Buthoidea Koch, 1837	1 4 6	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837 Arrowbreasted scorpions, Bark scorpions	4 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Kuwait
4 Genera with 6 Species

Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1807	Fat-tailed scorpions	1	Species	Taxom
Apistobuthus Finnegan, 1998		2	Species	Taxom
Buthacus Birula, 1829		1	Species	Taxom
Compsobuthus Vachon, 2006		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Kuwait
6 Species

Androctonus crassicauda Olivier, 1807	Arabian 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

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