Species list, Checklist of Family Scorpionidae ♰ (Largeclaw scorpions) for Northern South America (South America)

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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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INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

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Checklist for Family Scorpionidae Pierre André Latreille, 1802 (Largeclaw scorpions)
and region Northern South America (South America)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	465 3498 16993	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	68 872 3274	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	11 63 737	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	8 59 708	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	8 59 708	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815	4 18 95	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Scorpionidae ♰ Pierre André Latreille, 1802 Largeclaw scorpions	3 9	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Northern South America
3 Genera with 9 Species

Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1876	Giant forest scorpions	1	Species	Taxom
Tarsoporosus Francke, 1984		5	Species	Taxom
Urodacus Peters, 1903		3	Species	Taxom

Species list for Northern South America
9 Species

Heterometrus (Heterometrus) petersii Thorell, 1876	Black Forest Scorpion
Tarsoporosus anchicaya Lourenço & F..., 1990
Tarsoporosus flavus Gonzalez-Sponga, 1984
Tarsoporosus kugleri Schenkel, 1932
Tarsoporosus macuira Teruel & Ron..., 2007
Tarsoporosus yustizi Gonzalez-Sponga, 1984
Urodacus armatus Pocock, 1888	Yellow sand scorpion
Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters, 1861	Sand scorpion
Urodacus yaschenkoi Birula, 1903	Inland robust scorpion

Subnodes of Scorpionidae with occurrences in Northern South America

Subfamily	Diplocentrinae Karsch, 1880	1 5	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Heterometrinae Simon, 1879	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Urodacinae Pocock, 1893	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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