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Checklist for Superfamily Chactoidea Pocock, 1893
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
531
4342
23365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
69
663
3146
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
10
102
855
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
9
100
853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
9
100
853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chactoidea
Pocock, 1893
2
4
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Africa
2 Families width 7 Species and 4 Subspecies
Chactidae (Reginald Inn..., 1893)Fatclaw scorpions2SpeciesTaxom
Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896Shorttail scorpions5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Africa
4 Genera with 7 Species
Broteochactas Pecock, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Brotheas C.L. Koch, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Euscorpius Thorell, 1950Small wood-scorpions8SpeciesTaxom
Tetratrichobothrius Birula, 17781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
7 Species and 4 Subspecies
Broteochactas nitidus Pocock, 1893
Brotheas hirsutus (Koch, 1875)⇒ Pandinus magretti Borelli, 1901
Euscorpius (Euscorpius) carpathicus Linnaeus, 1767
Euscorpius carpathicus sicanus C. L. Koch, 1837
Euscorpius (Euscorpius) sicanus C. L. Koch, ..., 2003
Euscorpius (Polytrichobthrius) italicus Herbst, 1800
Euscorpius (Tetratrichobothrius) flavicaudis De Geer, 1778European yellow-tailed scorpion
Euscorpius flavicaudis algeriacus C. L. Koch, 1838
Euscorpius flavicaudis flavicaudis DeGeer, 1778European Yellow-tailed Scorpion
Euscorpius flavicaudis galitae Caporiacco, 1950
Tetratrichobothrius flavicaudis DeGeer, 1778

Subnodes of Chactoidea with occurrences in Africa
FamilyChactidae
Reginald Innes Pocock, 1893
Fatclaw scorpions
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEuscorpiidae
Laurie, 1896
Shorttail scorpions
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Chactoidea at itis.gov