Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Scorpionoidea for Algeria (North Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815
and region Algeria (North Africa)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	146 462 1098	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	30 88 198	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	4 21 49	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	4 21 49	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	4 21 49	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815	2 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Algeria
2 Families width 5 Species and 3 Subspecies

Hormuridae Laurie, 1896		1	Species	Taxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802	Largeclaw scorpions	4	Species	Taxom

Genera for Algeria
4 Genera with 5 Species

Hadogenes Kraepelin, 1899	South African rock scorpions	1	Species	Taxom
Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1836	Giant forest scorpions	1	Species	Taxom
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1842	Burrowing scorpions	1	Species	Taxom
Scorpio Linnaeus, 2000		5	Species	Taxom

Species list for Algeria
5 Species and 3 Subspecies

Hadogenes minor Purcell, 1899
Heterometrus (Javanimetrus) cyaneus C.L. Koch, 1836	Asian blue forest scorpion
Opistophthalmus pallipes Koch, 1842
Scorpio maurus Linnaeus, 1758	Large-clawed Scorpion
Scorpio maurus maurus Linnaeus, 1758
Scorpio maurus palmatus Hemprich & E..., 1829
Scorpio maurus trarasensis Bouisset & L..., 1962
Scorpio punicus Fet, 2000

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Algeria

Family	Hormuridae Laurie, 1896	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Scorpionidae ♰ Pierre André Latreille, 1802 Largeclaw scorpions	3 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Scorpionoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Scorpionoidea at itis.gov