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Checklist for Superfamily Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815
and region Botswana (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
95
308
447
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
11
22
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
3
6
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
3
6
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
3
6
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scorpionoidea
Leach, 1815
2
3
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Botswana
2 Families width 12 Species and 1 Subspecies
Hormuridae Laurie, 18965SpeciesTaxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802Largeclaw scorpions7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Botswana
3 Genera with 12 Species
Hadogenes Kraepelin, 1918South African rock scorpions5SpeciesTaxom
Opisthacanthus Peters, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1876Burrowing scorpions7SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Botswana
12 Species and 1 Subspecies
Hadogenes granulatus Purcell, 1901
Hadogenes gunningi Purcell, 1899
Hadogenes taeniurus Thorell, 1876
Hadogenes troglodytes Peters, 1861Flat rock scorpion
Hadogenes troglodytes crassicaudatus Hewitt, 1918
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) asper Peters, 1861Yellowlegged creeping scorpion
Opistophthalmus boehmi Kraepelin, 1896
Opistophthalmus carinatus Peters, 1861African Yellow-leg Scorpion
Opistophthalmus concinnus Newlands, 1972
Opistophthalmus fitzsimonsi Hewitt, 1935
Opistophthalmus glabrifrons Peters, 1861Opistophalmus glabrifons
Opistophthalmus pugnax Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus wahlbergii Thorell, 1876Tricolor Scorpion

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Botswana
FamilyHormuridae
Laurie, 1896
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScorpionidae
Pierre André Latreille, 1802
Largeclaw scorpions
1
7
Genus
Species

Taxom



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