Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Scorpionoidea for Congo (Central Africa)

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

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	198 834 1968	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	27 125 289	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	3 11 24	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	3 11 24	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	3 11 24	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815	2 3 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Congo
2 Families width 7 Species and 1 Subspecies

Hormuridae Laurie, 1896		3	Species	Taxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802	Largeclaw scorpions	4	Species	Taxom

Genera for Congo
3 Genera with 7 Species

Hadogenes Kraepelin, 1997	South African rock scorpions	2	Species	Taxom
Opisthacanthus Peters, 1876		1	Species	Taxom
Pandinus Thorell, 1890	African emperor scorpions	4	Species	Taxom

Species list for Congo
7 Species and 1 Subspecies

Hadogenes paucidens (Pocock, 1896)	⇒ Hadogenes trichiurus werneri Fet, 1997
Hadogenes trichiurus werneri Fet, 1997
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) africanus Simon, 1876
Pandinus (Pandinoides) cavimanus Pocock, 1888	Red claw scorpion
Pandinus (Pandinopsis) dictator Pocock, 1888
Pandinus (Pandinurus) lowei Kovařík, 2012
Pandinus (Pandinurus) viatoris Pocock, 1890

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Congo

Family	Hormuridae Laurie, 1896	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Scorpionidae ♰ Pierre André Latreille, 1802 Largeclaw scorpions	1 4	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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