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Checklist for Superfamily Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815
and region Mozambique (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
105
380
646
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
18
50
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
3
15
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
3
15
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
3
15
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scorpionoidea
Leach, 1815
2
7
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mozambique
2 Families width 14 Species and 4 Subspecies
Hormuridae (Laurie, 1896)9SpeciesTaxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802Largeclaw scorpions5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mozambique
7 Genera with 14 Species
Cheloctonus Pocock, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Hadogenes Kraepelin, 1861South African rock scorpions5SpeciesTaxom
Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1861Giant forest scorpions1SpeciesTaxom
Iomachus Pocock, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Opisthacanthus Peters, 18613SpeciesTaxom
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1861Burrowing scorpions4SpeciesTaxom
Pandinus Thorell, 1890African emperor scorpions1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mozambique
14 Species and 4 Subspecies
Cheloctonus jonesii Pocock, 1892
Cheloctonus jonesii jonesii Pocock, 1892
Hadogenes granulatus Purcell, 1901
Hadogenes paucidens (Pocock, 1896)⇒ Hadogenes trichiurus werneri Fet, 1997
Hadogenes trichiurus werneri Fet, 1997
Hadogenes troglodytes Peters, 1861Flat rock scorpion
Hadogenes troglodytes troglodytes Peters, 1861
Heterometrus carinatus (Peters, 1861)⇒ Opistophthalmus carinatus carinatus Peters, 1861
Iomachus politus Pocock, 1896Tanzanian Long-claw Scorpion
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) africanus Simon, 1876
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) asper Peters, 1861Yellowlegged creeping scorpion
Opisthacanthus chrysopus (Peters, 1861)⇒ Opisthacanthus asper Peters, 1861
Opistophthalmus boehmi Kraepelin, 1896
Opistophthalmus carinatus Peters, 1861African Yellow-leg Scorpion
Opistophthalmus carinatus carinatus Peters, 1861
Opistophthalmus glabrifrons Peters, 1861Opistophalmus glabrifons
Pandinus (Pandinurus) viatoris Pocock, 1890

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Mozambique
FamilyHormuridae
Laurie, 1896
4
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScorpionidae
Pierre André Latreille, 1802
Largeclaw scorpions
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



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