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Hormuridae

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Hormuridae
Yellow-legged tree scorpion (Opisthacanthus asper)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Superfamily: Scorpionoidea
Family: Hormuridae
Laurie, 1896[1]

Hormuridae is a family of scorpions in the order Scorpiones. There are about 10 genera and more than 90 described species in Hormuridae.[2][3]

Genera

These 10 genera belong to the family Hormuridae:

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. ^ "Hormuridae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  3. ^ Monod, Lionel; Prendini, Lorenzo (2015). "Evidence for Eurogondwana: the roles of dispersal, extinction and vicariance in the evolution and biogeography of Indo-Pacific Hormuridae (Scorpiones: Scorpionoidea)" (PDF). Cladistics. 31: 71–111. doi:10.1111/cla.12067.


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