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Checklist for Superfamily Scorpionoidea Leach, 1815
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
159
544
830
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
32
77
182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Scorpiones
C. L. Koch, 1837
Scorpion, Scorpions
3
7
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neoscorpionina
Thorell & Lindström, 1885
3
7
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Orthosterni
Pocock, 1911
3
7
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scorpionoidea
Leach, 1815
2
3
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
2 Families width 32 Species
Hormuridae Laurie, 18967SpeciesTaxom
Scorpionidae Pierre André..., 1802Largeclaw scorpions25SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
3 Genera with 32 Species
Hadogenes Kraepelin, 1843South African rock scorpions3SpeciesTaxom
Opisthacanthus Peters, 18764SpeciesTaxom
Opistophthalmus Latreille, 1876Burrowing scorpions25SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
32 Species
Hadogenes minor Purcell, 1899
Hadogenes phyllodes Thorell, 1876
Hadogenes trichiurus Gervais, 1843
Opisthacanthus (Monodopisthacanthus) punctulatus Pocock, 1896..., 2001
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) capensis Thorell, 1876
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) diremptus Karsch, 1879
Opisthacanthus (Nepabellus) validus Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus ammopoides
Opistophthalmus ammopus Lamoral, 1980
Opistophthalmus austerus Karsch, 1879Uinta sandwort
Opistophthalmus capensis Herbst, 1800
Opistophthalmus carinatus Peters, 1861African Yellow-leg Scorpion
Opistophthalmus chaperi Simon, 1880
Opistophthalmus fitzsimonsi Hewitt, 1935
Opistophthalmus fossor Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus fuscipes Purcell, 1899
Opistophthalmus granifrons Pocock, 1896
Opistophthalmus intermedius Kraepelin, 1894
Opistophthalmus karrooensis Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus laticauda Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus latro Thorell, 1894
Opistophthalmus leipoldti Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus macer Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus pallipes Koch, 1842
Opistophthalmus pattisoni Purcell, 1899
Opistophthalmus peringueyi Purcell, 1898
Opistophthalmus pictus Kraepelin, 1894
Opistophthalmus pugnax Thorell, 1876
Opistophthalmus purcelli
Opistophthalmus reticulosternus
Opistophthalmus vulnerabilis
Opistophthalmus wahlbergii Thorell, 1876Tricolor Scorpion

Subnodes of Scorpionoidea with occurrences in Western Cape
FamilyHormuridae
Laurie, 1896
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScorpionidae
Pierre André Latreille, 1802
Largeclaw scorpions
1
25
Genus
Species

Taxom



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