Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Buthoidea for Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

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Checklist for Superfamily Buthoidea Koch, 1837
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	173 628 1291	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	23 88 179	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	4 7 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	4 7 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	4 7 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Buthoidea Koch, 1837	1 3 8	Family Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Papua New Guinea
1 Family width 8 Species

Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Arrowbreasted scorpions

Species

Taxom

Genera for Papua New Guinea
3 Genera with 8 Species

Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1867	3	Species	Taxom
Lychas C. L. Koch, 1877	3	Species	Taxom
Mesobuthus Vachon, 1832	2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Papua New Guinea
8 Species

Isometrus (Isometrus) maculatus DeGeer, 1778	Lesser brown scorpion
Isometrus (Reddyanus) heimi Vachon, 1976
Isometrus (Reddyanus) melanodactylus L. Koch, 1867
Lychas armasi Kovarík, 2013
Lychas marmoreus C. L. Koch, 1844	Bark scorpion
Lychas variatus Thorell, 1877	Marbled scorpion
Mesobuthus eupeus C. L. Koch, 1839	Lesser Asian scorpion
Mesobuthus gibbosus Brulli, 1832	Mediterranean checkered scorpion

Subnodes of Buthoidea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea

Family

Buthidae
C. L. Koch, 1837
Arrowbreasted scorpions, Bark scorpions, Fat-tailed scorpions, Thick-tailed scorpions

3
8

Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Buthoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Buthoidea at itis.gov