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