Scorpionidae

Scorpionidae
Heterometrus indus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Parvorder: Iurida
Superfamily: Scorpionoidea
Family: Scorpionidae
Latreille, 1802
Subfamilies
  • Diplocentrinae
  • Rugodentinae
  • Scorpioninae
  • Urodacinae[1]

The Scorpionidae (burrowing scorpions or pale-legged scorpions) make up the superfamily Scorpionoidea. The family was established by Pierre André Latreille, 1802.

List of genera and selected species

[2] According to The Scorpion Files[3] and Prendini & Francke:[4]

References

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