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Euscorpiidae 
Summary
The Euscorpiidae are a family of scorpions.
| Euscorpiidae Temporal range:
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| Museum specimen of Euscorpiops montanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Superfamily: | Chactoidea |
| Family: | Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896[1] |
Genera edit
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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rein, Jan Ove (2022). "Euscorpiidae Pocock, 1893". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- 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.</ref>
- 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.