Scorpionidae


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:Aops Volschenk & Prendini, 2008Chersonesometrus Couzijn, 1978Deccanometrus Prendini & Loria, 2020Gigantometrus Couzijn, 1978Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828Javanimetrus Couzijn, 1978Jordanius Afifeh, Yagmur, Al-Saraireh & Amr, 2024 Opistophthalmus C. L. Koch, 1837Pandiborellius Rossi, 2015Pandinoides Fet, 1997Pandinops Birula, 1913Pandinopsis Vachon, 1974Pandinurus Fet, 1997Pandinus Thorell, 1876Pandipalpus Rossi, 2015Sahyadrimetrus Prendini & Loria, 2020Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758Srilankametrus Couzijn, 1981