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Checklist for Superfamily Buthoidea Koch, 1837
and region West Sahara (Sahara)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
5
6
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
2
3
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Buthoidea
Koch, 1837
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Sahara
1 Family width 4 Species
Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837Arrowbreasted scorpions4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Sahara
2 Genera with 4 Species
Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1948Fat-tailed scorpions3SpeciesTaxom
Saharobuthus Lourenço & D..., 20091SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Sahara
4 Species
Androctonus agrab Ythier & Lou..., 2022
Androctonus amoreuxi Audouin, 1826African fattail scorpion
Androctonus gonneti Vachon, 1948Marocco black fat-tailed scorpion
Saharobuthus elegans Lourenço & D..., 2009

Subnodes of Buthoidea with occurrences in West Sahara
FamilyButhidae
C. L. Koch, 1837
Arrowbreasted scorpions, Bark scorpions, Fat-tailed scorpions, Thick-tailed scorpions
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



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