Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Scorpionoidea for Gauteng (Republic South Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815
and region Gauteng (Republic South Africa)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	89 277 185	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	15 22 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	4 7 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	4 7 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	4 7 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815	2 3 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Gauteng
2 Families width 7 Species

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

Genera for Gauteng
3 Genera with 7 Species

Hadogenes Kraepelin, 1861	South African rock scorpions	3	Species	Taxom
Opisthacanthus Peters, 1876		1	Species	Taxom
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1876	Burrowing scorpions	3	Species	Taxom

Species list for Gauteng
7 Species

Hadogenes gunningi Purcell, 1899
Hadogenes longimanus Prendini, 2001
Hadogenes troglodytes Peters, 1861	Flat rock scorpion
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) validus Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus glabrifrons Peters, 1861	Opistophalmus glabrifons
Opistophthalmus latimanus Koch, 1841
Opistophthalmus pugnax Thorell, 1876

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Gauteng

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

Links, sources and further information

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