Species list, Checklist of Family Scorpionidae ♰ (Largeclaw scorpions) for Mozambique (East Africa)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	105 380 646	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	18 50 75	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	3 15 31	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	3 15 31	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	3 15 31	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815	2 7 14	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Scorpionidae ♰ Pierre André Latreille, 1802 Largeclaw scorpions	3 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Mozambique
3 Genera with 5 Species

Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1861	Giant forest scorpions	1	Species	Taxom
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1861	Burrowing scorpions	4	Species	Taxom
Pandinus Thorell, 1890	African emperor scorpions	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Mozambique
5 Species and 1 Subspecies

Heterometrus carinatus (Peters, 1861)	⇒ Opistophthalmus carinatus carinatus Peters, 1861
Opistophthalmus boehmi Kraepelin, 1896
Opistophthalmus carinatus Peters, 1861	African Yellow-leg Scorpion
Opistophthalmus carinatus carinatus Peters, 1861
Opistophthalmus glabrifrons Peters, 1861	Opistophalmus glabrifons
Pandinus (Pandinurus) viatoris Pocock, 1890

Subnodes of Scorpionidae with occurrences in Mozambique

Subfamily	Heterometrinae Simon, 1879	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Opistophthalminae Rossi, 2016	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Pandininae Thorell, 1876	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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