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Checklist for Subfamily Opistophthalminae Rossi, 2016
and region Continents


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
884
13693
139040
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
163
2702
16977
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
65
370
3709
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
19
289
3463
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
19
282
3451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scorpionoidea
Leach, 1815
8
71
821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScorpionidae
Pierre André Latreille, 1802
Largeclaw scorpions
29
466
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyOpistophthalminae
Rossi, 2016
1
78
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Continents
1 Genera with 78 Species
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1876Burrowing scorpions81SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Continents
78 Species and 3 Subspecies
Opistophthalmus adustus Kraepelin, 1908
Opistophthalmus ammopoides
Opistophthalmus ammopus Lamoral, 1980
Opistophthalmus ater Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus austerus Karsch, 1879Uinta sandwort
Opistophthalmus boehmi Kraepelin, 1896
Opistophthalmus brevicauda Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus breviceps Pocock, 1896
Opistophthalmus capensis Herbst, 1800
Opistophthalmus carinatus Peters, 1861African Yellow-leg Scorpion
Opistophthalmus carinatus carinatus Peters, 1861
Opistophthalmus carinatus cavimanus Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus cavimanus Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus chaperi Simon, 1880
Opistophthalmus chrysites Lawrence, 1967Mosquito waterwort
Opistophthalmus coetzeei Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus concinnus Newlands, 1972
Opistophthalmus crassimanus Purcell, 1899
Opistophthalmus ecristatus Pocock, 1899
Opistophthalmus fitzsimonsi Hewitt, 1935
Opistophthalmus flavescens Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus fossor Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus fuscipes Purcell, 1899
Opistophthalmus gibbericauda Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus gigas Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus glabrifrons Peters, 1861Opistophalmus glabrifons
Opistophthalmus granicauda Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus granifrons Pocock, 1896
Opistophthalmus gravimanus
Opistophthalmus haackei Lawrence, 1966
Opistophthalmus haringtoni
Opistophthalmus harpei Harington, 2002
Opistophthalmus hewitti
Opistophthalmus holmi Lawrence, 1969
Opistophthalmus huib
Opistophthalmus insulomontanus
Opistophthalmus intercedens Kraepelin, 1908
Opistophthalmus intermedius Kraepelin, 1894
Opistophthalmus jenseni Lamoral, 1972
Opistophthalmus karrooensis Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus keilandsi Hewitt, 1914
Opistophthalmus koa
Opistophthalmus laevicauda Roewer, 1943
Opistophthalmus lamorali Prendini, 2000
Opistophthalmus laticauda Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus latimanus Koch, 1841
Opistophthalmus latimanus latimanus C L Koch, 1841
Opistophthalmus latro Thorell, 1894
Opistophthalmus lawrencei Newlands, 1969
Opistophthalmus leipoldti Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus litoralis Lawrence, 1955
Opistophthalmus longicauda Purcell, 1899
Opistophthalmus lornae Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus luciranus Lawrence, 1959
Opistophthalmus macer Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus monopectinidens
Opistophthalmus nitidiceps Pocock, 1896
Opistophthalmus opinatus Simon, 1888
Opistophthalmus pallipes Koch, 1842
Opistophthalmus pattisoni Purcell, 1899
Opistophthalmus penrithorum Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus peringueyi Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus pictus Kraepelin, 1894
Opistophthalmus pluridens Hewitt, 1918
Opistophthalmus politicauda
Opistophthalmus praedo Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus pugnax Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus purcelli
Opistophthalmus pygmaeus Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus reticulosternus
Opistophthalmus scabrifrons Hewitt, 1913
Opistophthalmus schlechteri Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus schultzei Kraepelin, 1908
Opistophthalmus scorpia
Opistophthalmus setifrons Lawrence, 1961
Opistophthalmus tumas Ythier, 2023
Opistophthalmus ugabensis (Hewitt, 1934)⇒ Opistophthalmus carinatus cavimanus Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus undulatus Kraepelin, 1908
Opistophthalmus venustus
Opistophthalmus vulnerabilis
Opistophthalmus wahlbergii Thorell, 1876Tricolor Scorpion


Links, sources and further information
Opistophthalminae at itis.gov