Scorpionidae
Srilankametrus indus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Superfamily: Scorpionoidea
Family: Scorpionidae
Latreille, 1802
Subfamilies
  • Diplocentrinae
  • Rugodentinae
  • Scorpioninae
  • Urodacinae[1]

Scorpionidae is a family of burrowing scorpions or pale-legged scorpions in the superfamily Scorpionoidea. The family was established by Pierre André Latreille, 1802.

Genera

Scorpionidae contains the following genera:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Reginald Innes Pocock (1893). "Arizona Scorpions Species".
  2. ^ Rein, Jan Ove (2022). "SCORPIONIDAE Latreille, 1802". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 10 April 2022.


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