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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
126
448
1135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
25
76
298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
4
17
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
4
17
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
4
17
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scorpionoidea
Leach, 1815
3
9
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Namibia
3 Families width 59 Species and 1 Subspecies
Bothriuridae Simon, 18804SpeciesTaxom
Hormuridae Laurie, 18969SpeciesTaxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802Largeclaw scorpions46SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Namibia
9 Genera with 59 Species
Brandbergia Prendini, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Hadogenes Kraepelin, 1985South African rock scorpions8SpeciesTaxom
Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1943Giant forest scorpions2SpeciesTaxom
Iomachus Pocock, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Lisposoma Lawrence, 19793SpeciesTaxom
Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861
0SpeciesTaxom
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1876Burrowing scorpions43SpeciesTaxom
Pandinus Thorell, 1888African emperor scorpions1SpeciesTaxom
Scorpio Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
59 Species and 1 Subspecies
Brandbergia haringtoni Prendini, 2003
Hadogenes bifossulatus Roewer, 1943
Hadogenes granulatus Purcell, 1901
Hadogenes hahni Peters, 1862
Hadogenes lawrencei Newlands, 1972
Hadogenes phyllodes Thorell, 1876
Hadogenes taeniurus Thorell, 1876
Hadogenes tityrus Simon, 1888
Hadogenes zumpti Newlands & C..., 1985
Heterometrus (Chersonesometrus) fulvipes C.L. Koch, 1837
Heterometrus laevifrons (Roewer, 1943)⇒ Heterometrus liophysa Thorell, 1888
Iomachus politus Pocock, 1896Tanzanian Long-claw Scorpion
Lisposoma elegans Lawrence, 1928
Lisposoma joseehermana Lamoral, 1979
Lisposoma joseehermanorum Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus adustus Kraepelin, 1908
Opistophthalmus brevicauda Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus carinatus Peters, 1861African Yellow-leg Scorpion
Opistophthalmus carinatus cavimanus Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus cavimanus Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus chrysites Lawrence, 1967Mosquito waterwort
Opistophthalmus coetzeei Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus concinnus Newlands, 1972
Opistophthalmus crassimanus Purcell, 1899
Opistophthalmus fitzsimonsi Hewitt, 1935
Opistophthalmus flavescens Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus gibbericauda Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus gigas Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus granifrons Pocock, 1896
Opistophthalmus haackei Lawrence, 1966
Opistophthalmus harpei Harington, 2002
Opistophthalmus hewitti
Opistophthalmus holmi Lawrence, 1969
Opistophthalmus huib
Opistophthalmus insulomontanus
Opistophthalmus intercedens Kraepelin, 1908
Opistophthalmus jenseni Lamoral, 1972
Opistophthalmus karrooensis Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus laevicauda Roewer, 1943
Opistophthalmus lamorali Prendini, 2000
Opistophthalmus laticauda Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus latimanus Koch, 1841
Opistophthalmus litoralis Lawrence, 1955
Opistophthalmus lornae Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus monopectinidens
Opistophthalmus opinatus Simon, 1888
Opistophthalmus pallipes Koch, 1842
Opistophthalmus penrithorum Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus pictus Kraepelin, 1894
Opistophthalmus pygmaeus Lamoral, 1979
Opistophthalmus scabrifrons Hewitt, 1913
Opistophthalmus schlechteri Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus schultzei Kraepelin, 1908
Opistophthalmus scorpia
Opistophthalmus setifrons Lawrence, 1961
Opistophthalmus ugabensis (Hewitt, 1934)⇒ Opistophthalmus carinatus cavimanus Lawrence, 1928
Opistophthalmus undulatus Kraepelin, 1908
Opistophthalmus wahlbergii Thorell, 1876Tricolor Scorpion
Pandinus (Pandinoides) cavimanus Pocock, 1888Red claw scorpion
Scorpio maurus Linnaeus, 1758Large-clawed Scorpion

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Namibia
FamilyBothriuridae
Simon, 1880
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHormuridae
Laurie, 1896
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScorpionidae
Pierre André Latreille, 1802
Largeclaw scorpions
4
46
Genera
Species

Taxom



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