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Checklist for Superfamily Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815
and region Eastern Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
143
456
519
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
28
68
123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
3
7
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
3
7
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
3
7
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scorpionoidea
Leach, 1815
2
4
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Eastern Cape
2 Families width 17 Species
Hormuridae Laurie, 18967SpeciesTaxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802Largeclaw scorpions10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Eastern Cape
4 Genera with 17 Species
Cheloctonus Pocock, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Hadogenes Kraepelin, 1843South African rock scorpions1SpeciesTaxom
Opisthacanthus Peters, 18764SpeciesTaxom
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1876Burrowing scorpions10SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eastern Cape
17 Species
Cheloctonus crassimanus Pocock, 1896
Cheloctonus glaber Kraepelin, 1896
Hadogenes trichiurus Gervais, 1843
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) asper Peters, 1861Yellowlegged creeping scorpion
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) capensis Thorell, 1876
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) diremptus Karsch, 1879
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) validus Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus austerus Karsch, 1879Uinta sandwort
Opistophthalmus carinatus Peters, 1861African Yellow-leg Scorpion
Opistophthalmus glabrifrons Peters, 1861Opistophalmus glabrifons
Opistophthalmus karrooensis Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus keilandsi Hewitt, 1914
Opistophthalmus latimanus Koch, 1841
Opistophthalmus macer Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus nitidiceps Pocock, 1896
Opistophthalmus pictus Kraepelin, 1894
Opistophthalmus pugnax Thorell, 1876

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Eastern Cape
FamilyHormuridae
Laurie, 1896
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScorpionidae
Pierre André Latreille, 1802
Largeclaw scorpions
1
10
Genus
Species

Taxom



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