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Scorpionidae
Scorpionidae is a family of burrowing scorpions or pale-legged scorpions in the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Scorpionoidea. The family was established by Pierre André Latreille, 1802. Genera Scorpionidae contains the following genera: * ''Aops'' Volschenk & Prendini, 2008 * ''Chersonesometrus'' Couzijn, 1978 * ''Deccanometrus'' Prendini & Loria, 2020 * ''Gigantometrus'' Couzijn, 1978 * ''Heterometrus'' Ehrenberg, 1828 * ''Javanimetrus'' Couzijn, 1978 * ''Jordanius'' Afifeh, Yagmur, Al-Saraireh & Amr, 2024 * ''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 (genus), Scorpio'' Linnaeus, 1758 * ''Srilankametrus'' Couzijn, 1981 References Scorpionidae, Scorpion families Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille {{Scorpion- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandinus
''Pandinus'' is a genus of large scorpiones, scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It contains one of the most popular pet scorpions, the Pandinus imperator, emperor scorpion (''P. imperator''). The genus is distributed across tropical Africa. Taxonomy The genus was introduced in 1876 by Tamerlan Thorell. Subsequent research subdivided the genus into five subgenus, subgenera. In 2015 all five subgenera were raised to genus level. Diversity Currently, 4 species are recognized within this genus: *''Pandinus gambiensis'' Pocock, 1899 *''Pandinus imperator'' (C. L. Koch, 1841) *''Pandinus ugandaensis'' Kovarik, 2011 *''Pandinus ulderigoi'' Rossi, 2014 General characteristics Members of ''Pandinus'' are generally large scorpions (about 120–200 mm total length), which are dark to black colored, sometimes with paler metasoma and legs. The pedipalp pincers are massive, while the metasoma is proportionally thin with a small vesicle and stinger (aculeus). They possess a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |