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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
128
296
474
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
13
29
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
3
8
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
3
8
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
3
8
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scorpionoidea
Leach, 1815
2
4
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Transvaal
2 Families width 16 Species
Hormuridae Laurie, 18969SpeciesTaxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802Largeclaw scorpions7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Transvaal
4 Genera with 16 Species
Cheloctonus Pocock, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Hadogenes Kraepelin, 1861South African rock scorpions3SpeciesTaxom
Opisthacanthus Peters, 18764SpeciesTaxom
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1876Burrowing scorpions7SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Transvaal
16 Species
Cheloctonus intermedius Hewitt, 1912
Cheloctonus jonesii Pocock, 1892
Hadogenes bicolor Purcell, 1899Giant Banded Flat Rock Scorpion
Hadogenes tityrus Simon, 1888
Hadogenes troglodytes Peters, 1861Flat rock scorpion
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) africanus Simon, 1876
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) asper Peters, 1861Yellowlegged creeping scorpion
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) laevipes Pocock, 1893
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) validus Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus boehmi Kraepelin, 1896
Opistophthalmus carinatus Peters, 1861African Yellow-leg Scorpion
Opistophthalmus ecristatus Pocock, 1899
Opistophthalmus glabrifrons Peters, 1861Opistophalmus glabrifons
Opistophthalmus latimanus Koch, 1841
Opistophthalmus pugnax Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus wahlbergii Thorell, 1876Tricolor Scorpion

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Transvaal
FamilyHormuridae
Laurie, 1896
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScorpionidae
Pierre André Latreille, 1802
Largeclaw scorpions
1
7
Genus
Species

Taxom



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