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Bothriuridae

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The Bothriuridae are a family of scorpions, comprising 151 species in 16 genera.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderScorpiones
  5. FamilyBothriuridae
Observations recorded12,449

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
142
Family
Bothriuridae
Collections
UNM, FMNH, DMNS, QM, QVMAG
Recorded in
Bolivia, Chile, Perú, Australia

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Genus and species
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The Bothriuridae are a family of scorpions, comprising 151 species in 16 genera.

The family has representatives in temperate and subtropical habitats from four continents: South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. One genus (Cercophonius) has recently been discovered in the Himalayas.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bothriuridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.