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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
150
543
1118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
18
81
124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
3
18
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
3
18
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
3
18
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scorpionoidea
Leach, 1815
2
6
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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


Genera for Cameroon
6 Genera with 10 Species
Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828Giant forest scorpions1SpeciesTaxom
Hormurus Thorell, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Liocheles Sundevall, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Opisthacanthus Peters, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Pandinus Thorell, 2014African emperor scorpions4SpeciesTaxom
Scorpio Linnaeus, 20091SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
10 Species
Heterometrus (Heterometrus) spinifer Ehrenberg, 1828Giant forest scorpion
Hormurus karschii (Keyserling, 1885)⇒ Liocheles karschii Keyserling, 1885
Liocheles karschii Keyserling, 1885
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) africanus Simon, 1876
Opisthacanthus (Opisthacanthus) lecomtei Lucas, 1858
Pandinus (Pandinopsis) dictator Pocock, 1888
Pandinus (Pandinurus) viatoris Pocock, 1890
Pandinus (Pandinus) imperator Koch, 1841Common emperor scorpion
Pandinus camerounensis Lourenço, 2014
Scorpio savanicola Lourenço, 2009

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Cameroon
FamilyHormuridae
Laurie, 1896
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScorpionidae
Pierre André Latreille, 1802
Largeclaw scorpions
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



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