Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Buthoidea for Sierra Leone (West Africa)

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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Checklist for Superfamily Buthoidea Koch, 1837
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	47 137 164	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	9 13 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	3 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	3 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	3 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Buthoidea Koch, 1837	1 5 5	Family Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Sierra Leone
1 Family width 5 Species

Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Arrowbreasted scorpions

Species

Taxom

Genera for Sierra Leone
5 Genera with 5 Species

Babycurus Karsch, 1886		1	Species	Taxom
Centruroides Marx, 1841	Bark scorpions	1	Species	Taxom
Hottentotta Birula, 1787		1	Species	Taxom
Parabuthus Pocock, 1831		1	Species	Taxom
Uroplectes Peters, 1876		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Sierra Leone
5 Species

Babycurus buettneri Karsch, 1886
Centruroides margaritatus Gervais, 1841
Hottentotta (Hottentotta) hottentotta Fabricius, 1787	Congo red alligator back scorpion
Parabuthus capensis Ehrenberg, 1831
Uroplectes occidentalis Simon, 1876

Subnodes of Buthoidea with occurrences in Sierra Leone

Family

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

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5

Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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