Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Scorpionoidea for Costa Rica (Central America)

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Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
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Checklist for Superfamily Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815
and region Costa Rica (Central America)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	204 776 1878	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	31 102 237	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	6 14 30	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	6 14 30	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	6 14 30	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815	3 5 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Costa Rica
3 Families width 7 Species

Bothriuridae Simon, 1880		2	Species	Taxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802	Largeclaw scorpions	4	Species	Taxom
Hormuridae Laurie, 1896		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Costa Rica
5 Genera with 7 Species

Brachistosternus Pocock, 1931		1	Species	Taxom
Didymocentrus Kraepelin, 1978		3	Species	Taxom
Diplocentrus Peters, 1996	Toothed Scorpions	1	Species	Taxom
Opisthacanthus Peters, 1980		1	Species	Taxom
Timogenes Simon, 1931		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Costa Rica
7 Species

Brachistosternus (Leptosternus) pentheri Mello-Leitao, 1931
Didymocentrus concavimanus (Francke & St..., 1987)	⇒ Didymocentrus krausi Francke, 1978
Didymocentrus hasethi Kraepelin, 1896
Didymocentrus krausi Francke, 1978	Scorpions
Diplocentrus coylei Fritts & Sissom, 1996
Opisthacanthus (Opisthacanthus) valerioi Lourenço, 1980	Scorpions
Timogenes elegans Mello-Leitao, 1931

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Costa Rica

Family	Bothriuridae Simon, 1880	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Hormuridae Laurie, 1896	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Scorpionidae ♰ Pierre André Latreille, 1802 Largeclaw scorpions	2 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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