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


Class
 		Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids		55
117
65		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
10
17
20		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

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

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

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

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


List of families for Central Karoo
1 Family width 5 Species
Buthidae (C. L. Koch, 1837)Arrowbreasted scorpions5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Central Karoo
2 Genera with 5 Species
Parabuthus Pocock, 18993SpeciesTaxom
Uroplectes Peters, 19142SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Karoo
5 Species
Parabuthus capensis Ehrenberg, 1831
Parabuthus planicauda Pocock, 1889
Parabuthus schlechteri Purcell, 1899
Uroplectes carinatus Pocock, 1890
Uroplectes gracilior (Hewitt, 1914)⇒ Uroplectes schlechteri Purcell, 1901

Subnodes of Buthoidea with occurrences in Central Karoo
FamilyButhidae
C. L. Koch, 1837
Arrowbreasted scorpions, Bark scorpions, Fat-tailed scorpions, Thick-tailed scorpions		2
5		Genera
Species
Taxom



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