Buthoidea

Buthoidea is the largest superfamily of scorpions. Its members are known as fat-tailed scorpions and bark scorpions. A few very large genera (Ananteris, Centruroides, Compsobuthus, or Tityus) are known, but a high number of species-poor or monotypic ones also exist.[1] They occur in the warmer parts of every major landmass on Earth, except on New Zealand.[1] The superfamily was established by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837.[1]

Buthoidea Temporal range: Anisian to recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Odonturus dentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Suborder:	Neoscorpionina
Superfamily:	Buthoidea C. L. Koch, 1837
Families
†Archaeobuthidae Buthidae Microcharmidae †Palaeoburmesebuthidae †Protobuthidae

Taxonomy

Five families are placed into Buthoidea, two extant families Buthidae and Microcharmidae, plus three extinct families.

• †Archaeobuthidae (Lebanese amber, Hauterivian)
• Buthidae (Modern, Cenomanian - Recent)
• Microcharmidae (Modern, Recent)
• †Palaeoburmesebuthidae (Burmese amber, Cenomanian)
• †Protobuthidae ( Grès à Voltzia Formation, Anisian)
• †Sucinlourencoidae (Burmese amber, Cenomanian)

References

1. Rein, Jan Ove (2008): The Scorpion Files - Buthidae. Retrieved June 25, 2008.