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Checklist for Superfamily Buthoidea Koch, 1837
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
110
404
941
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
18
72
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
3
20
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
3
20
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
3
20
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Buthoidea
Koch, 1837
1
16
38
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ethiopia
1 Family width 38 Species and 5 Subspecies
Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837Arrowbreasted scorpions38SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ethiopia
16 Genera with 38 Species
Androctonus Ehrenberg, 2015Fat-tailed scorpions4SpeciesTaxom
Babycurus Karsch, 19194SpeciesTaxom
Buthacus Birula, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Butheoloides Hirst, 20152SpeciesTaxom
Buthus Leach, 18004SpeciesTaxom
Compsobuthus Vachon, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Gint Kovarik, Low..., 20131SpeciesTaxom
Hottentotta Birula, 20137SpeciesTaxom
Isometrus Ehrenberg, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Leiurus Hemprich & E..., 18291SpeciesTaxom
Lychas C. L. Koch, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Microbuthus Kraepelin, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Neobuthus Hirst, 20012SpeciesTaxom
Parabuthus Pocock, 18957SpeciesTaxom
Uroplectes Peters, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Uroplectoides Lourenço, 19981SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
38 Species and 5 Subspecies
Androctonus amoreuxi Audouin, 1826African fattail scorpion
Androctonus scaber Ehrenberg, 1828
Androctonus simonettai Rossi, 2015
Androctonus tigrai Lourenço, Ro..., 2015
Babycurus dunlopi Kovarik, Low..., 2015
Babycurus sofomarensis Kovarik, Low..., 2015
Babycurus subpunctatus Borelli, 1925
Babycurus taramassoi Borelli, 1919
Buthacus leptochelys Ehrenberg, 1829
Butheoloides (Butheoloides) polisi Lourenço, 1996
Butheoloides nuer Kovarík, 2015
Buthus awashensis KovaÅ™ík, 2011
Buthus berberensis Pocock, 1900Shyleaf
Buthus occitanus berberensis Pocock, 1900
Buthus tunetanus Herbst, 1800
Compsobuthus abyssinicus Birula, 1903
Compsobuthus maindroni Kraepelin, 1900
Compsobuthus werneri Birula, 1908
Gint gaitako Kovarik, Low..., 2013
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) fuscitruncus Caporiacco, 1936
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) minax L. Koch, 1875
Hottentotta minax minax L. Koch, 1875
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) polystictus Pocock, 1896
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) scaber Ehrenberg, 1828Threaded trophon
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) trilineatus Peters, 1861
Hottentotta trailini Kovarík, 2013
Isometrus (Isometrus) maculatus DeGeer, 1778Lesser brown scorpion
Leiurus quinquestriatus Ehrenberg, 1829Deathstalker
Lychas obsti Kraepelin, 1913
Microbuthus pusillus (Kraepelin, 1898)⇒ Microbuthus litoralis Pavesi, 1885
Neobuthus awashensis Kovarik & Lowe, 2012
Neobuthus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço, 2001
Parabuthus granimanus Pocock, 1895
Parabuthus heterurus Pocock, 1899
Parabuthus heterurus heterurus Pocock, 1899
Parabuthus leiosoma abyssinicus Pocock, 1901
Parabuthus leiosoma dmitrievi Birula, 1903
Parabuthus liosoma Ehrenberg, 1828African black tail scorpion
Parabuthus pallidus Pocock, 1895
Uroplectes fischeri Karsch, 1879
Uroplectoides abyssinicus Lourenço, 1998

Subnodes of Buthoidea with occurrences in Ethiopia
FamilyButhidae
C. L. Koch, 1837
Arrowbreasted scorpions, Bark scorpions, Fat-tailed scorpions, Thick-tailed scorpions
16
38
Genera
Species

Taxom



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