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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
126
448
1135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
25
76
298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
4
17
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
4
17
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
4
17
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scorpionoidea
Leach, 1815
3
9
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScorpionidae
Pierre André Latreille, 1802
Largeclaw scorpions
4
46
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Namibia
4 Genera with 46 Species
Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1943Giant forest scorpions2SpeciesTaxom
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1876Burrowing scorpions43SpeciesTaxom
Pandinus Thorell, 1888African emperor scorpions1SpeciesTaxom
Scorpio Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
46 Species and 1 Subspecies
Heterometrus (Chersonesometrus) fulvipes C.L. Koch, 1837
Heterometrus laevifrons (Roewer, 1943)⇒ Heterometrus liophysa Thorell, 1888
Opistophthalmus adustus Kraepelin, 1908
Opistophthalmus brevicauda Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus carinatus Peters, 1861African Yellow-leg Scorpion
Opistophthalmus carinatus cavimanus Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus cavimanus Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus chrysites Lawrence, 1967Mosquito waterwort
Opistophthalmus coetzeei Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus concinnus Newlands, 1972
Opistophthalmus crassimanus Purcell, 1899
Opistophthalmus fitzsimonsi Hewitt, 1935
Opistophthalmus flavescens Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus gibbericauda Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus gigas Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus granifrons Pocock, 1896
Opistophthalmus haackei Lawrence, 1966
Opistophthalmus harpei Harington, 2002
Opistophthalmus hewitti
Opistophthalmus holmi Lawrence, 1969
Opistophthalmus huib
Opistophthalmus insulomontanus
Opistophthalmus intercedens Kraepelin, 1908
Opistophthalmus jenseni Lamoral, 1972
Opistophthalmus karrooensis Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus laevicauda Roewer, 1943
Opistophthalmus lamorali Prendini, 2000
Opistophthalmus laticauda Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus latimanus Koch, 1841
Opistophthalmus litoralis Lawrence, 1955
Opistophthalmus lornae Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus monopectinidens
Opistophthalmus opinatus Simon, 1888
Opistophthalmus pallipes Koch, 1842
Opistophthalmus penrithorum Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus pictus Kraepelin, 1894
Opistophthalmus pygmaeus Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus scabrifrons Hewitt, 1913
Opistophthalmus schlechteri Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus schultzei Kraepelin, 1908
Opistophthalmus scorpia
Opistophthalmus setifrons Lawrence, 1961
Opistophthalmus ugabensis (Hewitt, 1934)⇒ Opistophthalmus carinatus cavimanus Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus undulatus Kraepelin, 1908
Opistophthalmus wahlbergii Thorell, 1876Tricolor Scorpion
Pandinus (Pandinoides) cavimanus Pocock, 1888Red claw scorpion
Scorpio maurus Linnaeus, 1758Large-clawed Scorpion

Subnodes of Scorpionidae with occurrences in Namibia
SubfamilyHeterometrinae
Simon, 1879
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOpistophthalminae
Rossi, 2016
1
42
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPandininae
Thorell, 1876
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScorpioninae
Latreille, 1802
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Scorpionidae at gbif.org
Scorpionidae at irmng.org
Scorpionidae at itis.gov