Scorpionidae is a family of burrowing scorpions or pale-legged scorpions in the superfamily Scorpionoidea. The family was established by Pierre André Latreille, 1802.
Genera
Scorpionidae contains the following genera:
- Aops <small>Volschenk & Prendini, 2008</small>
- Chersonesometrus <small>Couzijn, 1978</small>
- Deccanometrus <small>Prendini & Loria, 2020</small>
- Gigantometrus <small>Couzijn, 1978</small>
- Heterometrus <small>Ehrenberg, 1828</small>
- Javanimetrus <small>Couzijn, 1978</small>
- Jordanius <small>Afifeh, Yagmur, Al-Saraireh & Amr, 2024</small>
- Opistophthalmus <small>C. L. Koch, 1837</small>
- Pandiborellius <small>Rossi, 2015</small>
- Pandinoides <small>Fet, 1997</small>
- Pandinops <small>Birula, 1913</small>
- Pandinopsis <small>Vachon, 1974</small>
- Pandinurus <small>Fet, 1997</small>
- Pandinus <small>Thorell, 1876</small>
- Pandipalpus <small>Rossi, 2015</small>
- Sahyadrimetrus <small>Prendini & Loria, 2020</small>
- Scorpio <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
- Srilankametrus <small>Couzijn, 1981</small>
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