Scorpionidae Explained

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:^[1]

• Aops Volschenk & Prendini, 2008
• Chersonesometrus Couzijn, 1978
• Deccanometrus Prendini & Loria, 2020
• Gigantometrus Couzijn, 1978
• Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828
• Javanimetrus Couzijn, 1978
• Opistophthalmus C. L. Koch, 1837
• Pandiborellius Rossi, 2015
• Pandinoides Fet, 1997
• Pandinops Birula, 1913
• Pandinopsis Vachon, 1974
• Pandinurus Fet, 1997
• Pandinus Thorell, 1876
• Pandipalpus Rossi, 2015
• Sahyadrimetrus Prendini & Loria, 2020
• Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758
• Srilankametrus Couzijn, 1981

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rein . Jan Ove . 2022 . SCORPIONIDAE Latreille, 1802 . 10 April 2022 . The Scorpion Files.