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

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

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	85 208 247	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	10 17 25	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	3 8 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	3 8 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	3 8 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Scorpionidae ♰ Pierre André Latreille, 1802 Largeclaw scorpions	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Zambia
2 Genera with 3 Species

Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1861	Burrowing scorpions	2	Species	Taxom
Pandinus Thorell, 1890	African emperor scorpions	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Zambia
3 Species

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

Subnodes of Scorpionidae with occurrences in Zambia

Subfamily	Opistophthalminae Rossi, 2016	1 2	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