Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Scorpionoidea for Lesotho (Southern Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815
and region Lesotho (Southern Africa)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	62 132 161	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	13 19 26	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	3 4 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	3 4 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	3 4 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815	2 3 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Lesotho
2 Families width 6 Species and 1 Subspecies

Hormuridae Laurie, 1896		4	Species	Taxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802	Largeclaw scorpions	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Lesotho
3 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Lesotho
6 Species and 1 Subspecies

Cheloctonus crassimanus Pocock, 1896
Cheloctonus crassimanus crassimanus Pocock, 1896
Cheloctonus jonesii Pocock, 1892
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) basutus Lawrence, 1955
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) validus Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus latimanus Koch, 1841
Opistophthalmus pugnax Thorell, 1876

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Lesotho

Family	Hormuridae Laurie, 1896	2 4	Genera 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