Species list, Checklist of Family Scorpionidae ♰ (Largeclaw scorpions) for China (East Asia)

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Checklist for Family Scorpionidae Pierre André Latreille, 1802 (Largeclaw scorpions)
and region China (East Asia)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	352 2196 11836	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	37 138 340	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	5 17 65	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	4 16 57	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	4 16 57	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815	2 4 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Scorpionidae ♰ Pierre André Latreille, 1802 Largeclaw scorpions	2 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for China
2 Genera with 5 Species

Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 2005	Giant forest scorpions	3	Species	Taxom
Sinoscorpius Hong, 1983		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for China
5 Species

Heterometrus (Heterometrus) longimanus Herbst, 1800	Asian forest scorpion
Heterometrus (Heterometrus) petersii Thorell, 1876	Black Forest Scorpion
Heterometrus tibetanus Lourenço, Qi..., 2005
Sinoscorpius shandongense Hong, 1983
Sinoscorpius shandongensis ♰ Y. C. Hong, 1983	Kauai ma'oloa

Subnodes of Scorpionidae with occurrences in China

Subfamily	Heterometrinae Simon, 1879	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Urodacinae Pocock, 1893	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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