Species list, Checklist of Family Scorpionidae ♰ (Largeclaw scorpions) for Botswana (Southern Africa)

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Checklist for Family Scorpionidae Pierre André Latreille, 1802 (Largeclaw scorpions)
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	Scorpionidae ♰ Pierre André Latreille, 1802 Largeclaw scorpions	1 7	Genus Species	Taxom

Genera for Botswana
1 Genera with 7 Species

Burrowing scorpions

Species

Species list for Botswana
7 Species

Opistophthalmus boehmi Kraepelin, 1896
Opistophthalmus carinatus Peters, 1861	African Yellow-leg Scorpion
Opistophthalmus concinnus Newlands, 1972
Opistophthalmus fitzsimonsi Hewitt, 1935
Opistophthalmus glabrifrons Peters, 1861	Opistophalmus glabrifons
Opistophthalmus pugnax Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus wahlbergii Thorell, 1876	Tricolor Scorpion

Subnodes of Scorpionidae with occurrences in Botswana

Subfamily

1
7

Genus
Species

Links, sources and further information

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