Buthoidea
Appearance
Buthoidea Temporal range:
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Odonturus dentatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Parvorder: | Buthida |
Superfamily: | Buthoidea C. L. Koch, 1837 |
Families | |
Buthoidea is the largest superfamily of scorpions. Its members are known as fat-tailed scorpions and bark scorpions. A few very large genera (Ananteris, Centruroides, Compsobuthus, or Tityus) are known, but a high number of species-poor or monotypic ones also exist.[1] They occur in the warmer parts of every major landmass on Earth, except on New Zealand.[1] The superfamily was established by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837.[1]
Taxonomy
Five families are placed into Buthoidea, two extant families Buthidae and Microcharmidae, plus three extinct families.
- †Archaeobuthidae (Lebanese amber, Hauterivian)
- Buthidae (Modern, Cenomanian - Recent)
- Microcharmidae (Modern, Recent)
- †Palaeoburmesebuthidae (Burmese amber, Cenomanian)
- †Protobuthidae (Grès à Voltzia Formation, Anisian)
- †Sucinlourencoidae (Burmese amber, Cenomanian)