The Euscorpiidae are a family of
scorpion
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the Order (biology), order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by a pair of Chela (organ), grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward cur ...
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Genera
''Euscorpiidae'' contains the following six genera:
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Alpiscorpius''
Gantenbein ''et al.'', 1999
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Euscorpius
''Euscorpius'' is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 65 species and is the type genus of the family (biology), family Euscorpiidae – long included in the ChactidaeRein (2008a) – and the subfamily ...
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Thorell, 1876
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Megacormus''
Karsch, 1881
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Plesiochactas''
Pocock, 1900
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Tetratrichobothrius''
Birula, 1917
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Troglocormus''
Francke, 1981
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Scorpion families
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