Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Scorpionoidea for Sierra Leone (West Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	47 137 164	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Dromopoda Shultz, 1990	9 13 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837 Scorpion, Scorpions	3 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neoscorpionina Thorell & Lindström, 1885	3 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Orthosterni Pocock, 1911	3 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Sierra Leone
2 Families width 2 Species

Hormuridae Laurie, 1896		1	Species	Taxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802	Largeclaw scorpions	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Sierra Leone
2 Genera with 2 Species

Opisthacanthus Peters, 1876		1	Species	Taxom
Pandinus Thorell, 1841	African emperor scorpions	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Sierra Leone
2 Species

Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) africanus Simon, 1876
Pandinus (Pandinus) imperator Koch, 1841	Common emperor scorpion

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Sierra Leone

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

Links, sources and further information

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