Iuridae
Family of scorpions
Iuridae | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Superfamily: | Iuroidea |
Family: | Iuridae Thorell, 1876 |
The Iuridae are a family of scorpions. Six genera and at least 20 described species are placed in the Iuridae.[1][2][3][4]
Genera
- Anatoliurus
- Calchas
- Iurus
- Letoiurus
- Metaiurus
- Neocalchas
- Protoiurus
References
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iuridae.
- Fet, Victor; Sissom, W. David; Lowe, Graeme; Braunwalder, Matt E. (2000). Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). The New York Entomological Society. ISBN 0-913-42424-2.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
- Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing.
- v
- t
- e