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Checklist for Superfamily Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815
and region Angola (Central Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
122
379
614
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
19
44
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
3
8
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
3
8
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
3
8
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scorpionoidea
Leach, 1815
2
3
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Angola
2 Families width 10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Hormuridae Laurie, 18964SpeciesTaxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802Largeclaw scorpions6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Angola
3 Genera with 10 Species
Hadogenes Kraepelin, 1876South African rock scorpions3SpeciesTaxom
Opisthacanthus Peters, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1876Burrowing scorpions7SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Angola
10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Hadogenes angolensis Lourenço, 1999
Hadogenes hahni Peters, 1862
Hadogenes taeniurus Thorell, 1876
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) africanus Simon, 1876
Opistophthalmus carinatus Peters, 1861African Yellow-leg Scorpion
Opistophthalmus carinatus cavimanus Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus gibbericauda Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus litoralis Lawrence, 1955
Opistophthalmus luciranus Lawrence, 1959
Opistophthalmus ugabensis (Hewitt, 1934)⇒ Opistophthalmus carinatus cavimanus Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus wahlbergii Thorell, 1876Tricolor Scorpion

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Angola
FamilyHormuridae
Laurie, 1896
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScorpionidae
Pierre André Latreille, 1802
Largeclaw scorpions
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Scorpionoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Scorpionoidea at itis.gov