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Checklist for Superfamily Buthoidea Koch, 1837
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
72
164
146
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
16
31
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
2
3
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
2
3
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
2
3
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Buthoidea
Koch, 1837
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Town
1 Family width 4 Species
Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837Arrowbreasted scorpions4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Town
2 Genera with 4 Species
Parabuthus Pocock, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Uroplectes Peters, 18443SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Town
4 Species
Parabuthus capensis Ehrenberg, 1831
Uroplectes insignis Pocock, 1890Jointvetch
Uroplectes lineatus Koch, 1844
Uroplectes variegatus C. L. Koch, 1844

Subnodes of Buthoidea with occurrences in Cape Town
FamilyButhidae
C. L. Koch, 1837
Arrowbreasted scorpions, Bark scorpions, Fat-tailed scorpions, Thick-tailed scorpions
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



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