Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Scorpionoidea for Garden Route (Western Cape)

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Checklist for Superfamily Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815
and region Garden Route (Western Cape)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	73 129 111	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	13 19 25	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	3 4 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	3 4 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	3 4 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815	2 2 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Garden Route
2 Families width 5 Species

Hormuridae Laurie, 1896		3	Species	Taxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802	Largeclaw scorpions	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Garden Route
2 Genera with 5 Species

Opisthacanthus Peters, 1876		3	Species	Taxom
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1876	Burrowing scorpions	2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Garden Route
5 Species

Opisthacanthus (Monodopisthacanthus) punctulatus Pocock, 1896..., 2001
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) capensis Thorell, 1876
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) validus Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus capensis Herbst, 1800
Opistophthalmus macer Thorell, 1876

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Garden Route

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

Links, sources and further information

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