Euscorpiidae

The Euscorpiidae are a family of scorpions.

Euscorpiidae Temporal range: Paleogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Museum specimen of Euscorpiops montanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Superfamily:	Chactoidea
Family:	Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896[1]

Genera

Euscorpiidae contains the following six genera:^[2]

• Alpiscorpius Gantenbein et al., 1999
• Euscorpius Thorell, 1876
• Megacormus Karsch, 1881
• Plesiochactas Pocock, 1900
• Tetratrichobothrius Birula, 1917
• Troglocormus Francke, 1981

References

1. Laurie, Malcolm (1896). "XVII.—Further notes on the anatomy and development of scorpions, and their bearing on the classification of the order". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6. 18 (104): 121–133. doi:10.1080/00222939608680422. ISSN 0374-5481.
2. Rein, Jan Ove (2022). "Euscorpiidae Pocock, 1893". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

Further reading

• Soleglad, Michael E.; Fet, Victor (2003). "High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni)". Euscorpius. 2003 (11): 1–56. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2003.vol2003.iss11.1. ISSN 1536-9307.
• Stockmann, Roland; Ythier, Eric (2010). Scorpions of the World. N. A. P. Editions. ISBN 978-2913688117.
• Prendini, Lorenzo; Wheeler, Ward C. (2005). "Scorpion higher phylogeny and classification, taxonomic anarchy, and standards for peer review in online publishing" (PDF). Cladistics. 21 (5): 446–494. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00073.x. ISSN 0748-3007. S2CID 53317544.