Species list, Checklist of Family Hormuridae for Botswana (Southern Africa)

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Checklist for Family Hormuridae Laurie, 1896
and region Botswana (Southern Africa)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	95 308 447	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	11 22 50	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	3 6 29	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	3 6 29	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	3 6 29	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815	2 3 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Hormuridae Laurie, 1896	2 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Botswana
2 Genera with 5 Species

Hadogenes Kraepelin, 1918	South African rock scorpions	5	Species	Taxom
Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Botswana
5 Species and 1 Subspecies

Hadogenes granulatus Purcell, 1901
Hadogenes gunningi Purcell, 1899
Hadogenes taeniurus Thorell, 1876
Hadogenes troglodytes Peters, 1861	Flat rock scorpion
Hadogenes troglodytes crassicaudatus Hewitt, 1918
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) asper Peters, 1861	Yellowlegged creeping scorpion

Subnodes of Hormuridae with occurrences in Botswana

Subfamily

2
5

Genera
Species

Links, sources and further information

Hormuridae at biodiversity.org.au
Hormuridae at gbif.org
Hormuridae at irmng.org
Hormuridae at itis.gov