Species list, Checklist of Family Scorpionidae ♰ (Largeclaw scorpions) for Angola (Central Africa)

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Checklist for Family Scorpionidae Pierre André Latreille, 1802 (Largeclaw scorpions)
and region Angola (Central Africa)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	122 379 614	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	19 44 83	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	3 8 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	3 8 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	3 8 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815	2 3 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Scorpionidae ♰ Pierre André Latreille, 1802 Largeclaw scorpions	1 6	Genus Species	Taxom

Genera for Angola
1 Genera with 6 Species

Burrowing scorpions

Species

Species list for Angola
6 Species and 1 Subspecies

Opistophthalmus carinatus Peters, 1861	African Yellow-leg Scorpion
Opistophthalmus carinatus cavimanus Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus gibbericauda Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus litoralis Lawrence, 1955
Opistophthalmus luciranus Lawrence, 1959
Opistophthalmus ugabensis (Hewitt, 1934)	⇒ Opistophthalmus carinatus cavimanus Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus wahlbergii Thorell, 1876	Tricolor Scorpion

Subnodes of Scorpionidae with occurrences in Angola

Subfamily

1
6

Genus
Species

Links, sources and further information

Scorpionidae at gbif.org
Scorpionidae at irmng.org
Scorpionidae at itis.gov