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 11 genera belong to the family Hormuridae:[4]

  • Cheloctonus Pocock, 1892
  • Chiromachetes Pocock, 1899
  • Chiromachus Pocock, 1893
  • Hadogenes Kraepelin, 1894
  • Hormiops Fage, 1933
  • Hormurus Thorell, 1876
  • Iomachus Pocock, 1893
  • Liocheles Sundevall, 1833
  • Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861
  • Palaeocheloctonus Lourenço, 1996
  • Tibetiomachus Lourenço & Qi, 2006

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.
  4. ↑ Rein, Jan Ove (2021). "Hormuridae". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
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