Diplocentridae Explained

Diplocentridae is a family of scorpions. The roughly 120 species are mostly native to the New World, except for genus Nebo, which is distributed in the Middle East.^[1]

A 2003 study suggests that this family is better treated as a subfamily of the Scorpionidae.^[2]

Taxa include:

• Subfamily Diplocentrinae Karsch, 1880
  • Bioculus Stahnke, 1968
  • Cazierius Francke, 1978
  • Didymocentrus Kraepelin, 1905
  • Diplocentrus Peters, 1861
  • Heteronebo Pocock, 1899
  • Kolotl Santibáñez-López, et al., 2014^[1]
  • Oiclus Simon, 1880
  • Tarsoporosus Francke, 1978
• Subfamily Nebinae Kraepelin, 1905
  • Nebo Simon, 1878

External links

• Biolib
• Diplocentridae. Tree of Life.

Notes and References

1. Santibáñez-López, C. E.; Francke, O. F.; and Prendini, L. (2014). Kolotl, n. gen. (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae), a new scorpion genus from Mexico. American Museum Novitates 3815 1-28.
2. Soleglad, M. E., & Fet, V. 2003. High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni). Euscorpius, 11 1-56.