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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
172
629
1333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
28
105
248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
4
20
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
4
20
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
4
20
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Buthoidea
Koch, 1837
1
13
27
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
1 Family width 27 Species and 2 Subspecies
Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837Arrowbreasted scorpions27SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kenya
13 Genera with 27 Species
Afrolychas Kovarík, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Babycurus Karsch, 19136SpeciesTaxom
Gint Kovarik, Low..., 20181SpeciesTaxom
Hottentotta Birula, 18617SpeciesTaxom
Isometrus Ehrenberg, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Lychas C. L. Koch, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Neobuthus Hirst, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Odonturus Karsch, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Parabuthus Pocock, 18956SpeciesTaxom
Riftobuthus Lourenço, Du..., 20101SpeciesTaxom
Somalibuthus Kovarík, 20211SpeciesTaxom
Uroplectes Peters, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Uroplectoides Lourenço, 19161SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
27 Species and 2 Subspecies
Afrolychas burdoi Simon, 1882
Babycurus buettneri Karsch, 1886
Babycurus jacksoni Pocock, 1890
Babycurus pictus (Pocock, 1896)⇒ Babycurus buettneri Karsch, 1886
Babycurus ugartei (Kovarík, 2000)⇒ Barbaracurus ugartei Kovařík, 2000
Babycurus wituensis Kraepelin, 1913
Babycurus wituensis wituensis Kraepelin, 1913
Gint childsi Kovařík, 2018
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) fuscitruncus Caporiacco, 1936
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) minax L. Koch, 1875
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) polystictus Pocock, 1896
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) trilineatus Peters, 1861
Hottentotta eminii Pocock, 1890
Hottentotta mazuchi Kovarík, 2013
Hottentotta trilineata Peters, 1861
Isometrus (Isometrus) maculatus DeGeer, 1778Lesser brown scorpion
Lychas burdoi Simon, 1882
Lychas obsti Kraepelin, 1913
Odonturus dentatus Karsch, 1879Uinta sandwort
Parabuthus granimanus Pocock, 1895
Parabuthus granimanus granimanus Pocock, 1895
Parabuthus leiosoma Pocock, 1901
Parabuthus liosoma Ehrenberg, 1828African black tail scorpion
Parabuthus maximus Werner, 1913
Parabuthus pallidus Pocock, 1895
Riftobuthus inexpectatus Lourenço, Du..., 2010
Somalibuthus sabae Kovarik & Nj..., 2021
Uroplectes fischeri Karsch, 1879
Uroplectoides emiliae Werner, 1916

Subnodes of Buthoidea with occurrences in Kenya
FamilyButhidae
C. L. Koch, 1837
Arrowbreasted scorpions, Bark scorpions, Fat-tailed scorpions, Thick-tailed scorpions
13
27
Genera
Species

Taxom



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