AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Superfamily Buthoidea Koch, 1837
and region Sahara (North Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
14
17
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
3
4
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
1
2
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
1
2
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
1
2
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Buthoidea
Koch, 1837
1
2
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sahara
1 Family width 6 Species
Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837Arrowbreasted scorpions6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sahara
2 Genera with 6 Species
Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1948Fat-tailed scorpions5SpeciesTaxom
Saharobuthus Lourenço & D..., 20091SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sahara
6 Species
Androctonus agrab Ythier & Lou..., 2022
Androctonus amoreuxi Audouin, 1826African fattail scorpion
Androctonus australis Linné, 1758Fattail scorpion
Androctonus crassicauda Olivier, 1807Arabian black fat-tailed scorpion
Androctonus gonneti Vachon, 1948Marocco black fat-tailed scorpion
Saharobuthus elegans Lourenço & D..., 2009

Subnodes of Buthoidea with occurrences in Sahara
FamilyButhidae
C. L. Koch, 1837
Arrowbreasted scorpions, Bark scorpions, Fat-tailed scorpions, Thick-tailed scorpions
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



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