| This family consists of 11 genera and 131 species (until
1998). Most species have been described in recent times. There
has been a lot of discussion about some of the genera and
species in this family, and several genera have been
transferred to other families. The members of this family are
widespread in the Americas from Mexico into South America.
NEWS! Soleglad & Sissom, 2001 have
transfered the genus Chactopsis to the family Euscorpiidae.
Scorpions in this family are rarely kept in captivity.
Chactid scorpions are not medically important.
Brotheas granulatus photo by
Dr. Wilson Lourenço (C) and The Journal of Venomous Animals and
Toxins/CEVAP (C)
SPECIES
FILES:
This list of genera and
species is based on Fet
et al.(2000). Subspecies is not included in the list. I
try to update the list as additions and changes are published.
* denotes changes after Fet
et al. (2000). I will be grateful for information about
new development in the taxonomy of this family. For
information about synonyms and bibliographies, see Fet
et al. (2000) |
Broteochactas
Pocock, 1893
B. bariensis González-Sponga,
1991
B. bilbaoi González-Sponga,
1978
B. brejo Lourenco, 1988
B.
bruzuali González-Sponga, 1980
B.
caroniensis González-Sponga, 1996
B.
colombiensis González-Sponga, 1976
B.
bariensis González-Sponga, 1991
B.
delicatus (Karsch, 1879)
B. efreni
González-Sponga, 1978
B. eliasilvai
González-Sponga, 1980
B. fei Pinto-da-Rocha, Gasnier, Brescovit & Apolinario, 2002*
B. fravalae (Lourenco,
1983)
B. gaillardi (Lourenco,
1983)
B. garciai González-Sponga,
1978
B. gollmeri (Karsch, 1879)
B.
goujei Vellard, 1932
B. granosus
Pocock, 1900
B. guaiquinimensis
González-Sponga, 1997
B. josemanueli
González-Sponga, 1992
B. kelleri Lourenco,
1997
B. kjellesvigi González-Sponga,
1974
B. laui Kjellesvig-Waering,
1966
B. leoneli González-Sponga,
1978
B. mapuera Lourenco, 1988
B.
neblinensis González-Sponga, 1991
B.
nitidus Pocock, 1893
B. orinocensis
Scorza, 1954
B. panarei González-Sponga,
1980
B. paoensis González-Sponga,
1996
B. parvulus Pocock, 1897
B. polisi Monod & Lourenco, 2001*
B.
racenisi González-Sponga, 1975
B.
riopinensis González-Sponga, 1992
B.
sanmartini González-Sponga, 1974
B.
santanai González-Sponga, 1978
B.
sarisarinamensis González-Sponga, 1985
B.
scorzai Dagert, 1957
B. simarawochensis
González-Sponga, 1980
B. sissomi (Lourenco,
1983)
B. yekuanae González-Sponga,
1984
|
Brotheas
C.L. Koch, 1837
B. amazonicus
Lourenco, 1988
B. camposi González-Sponga,
1972
B. cataniapensis González-Sponga,
1997
B. cunucunumensis González-Sponga,
1984
B. dasilvai González-Sponga,
1978
B. gervaisii Pocock, 1893
B.
granimanus Pocock, 1898
B. granulatus
Simon, 1877
B. humboldti González-Sponga,
1980
B. jourdani Lourenco, 1997
B.
libinallyi González-Sponga, 1978
B.
lichyi González-Sponga, 1980
B.
mawarinumensis González-Sponga, 1991
B.
mingueti González-Sponga, 1973
B.
munozi González-Sponga, 1997
B. overali
Lourenco, 1988
B. paraensis Simon,
1880
B. perezramirezi González-Sponga,
1996
B. rionegroensis González-Sponga,
1996
B. sanabriai González-Sponga,
1997
B. silvestris Lourenco, 1988
B.
wilmeri González-Sponga, 1980
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Cayooca
Gonzalez-Sponga, 1996
C.
venezuelensis González-Sponga, 1996 |
Chactas
Gervais, 1844
C.
aequinoctialis (Karsch, 1879)
C.
barbacoensis González-Sponga, 1987
C.
barravierai Lourenco, 1997
C.
brevicaudatus (Karsch, 1879)
C.
brownelli Lourenco, 1997
C. camposi
Mello-Leităo, 1939
C. choroniensis
González-Sponga, 1978
C. chrysopus Pocock,
1893
C. exsul (Werner, 1939)
C.
ferruginosus González-Sponga, 1984
C.
gansi González-Sponga, 1974
C. gestroi
Kraepelin, 1912
C. hauseri Lourenco,
1997
C. interpuncta González-Sponga,
1987
C. karschii Pocock, 1893
C.
keyserlingii Pocock, 1893
C. laevipes
(Karsch, 1879)
C. latuffi González-Sponga,
1976
C. lepturus Thorell, 1867
C. major Kraepelin, 1914*
C. mahnerti Lourenco, 1995
C. marinae
González-Sponga, 1987
C. mauriesi Lourenco
& Florez, 1990
C. ozendai Lourenco, 1999*
C. oxfordi
González-Sponga, 1978
C. raymondhansorum
Francke & Boos, 1986
C. reticulatus
Kraepelin, 1912
C. rogelioi González-Sponga,
1972
C. rubrolineatus Simon, 1880
C.
scabrimanus Kraepelin, 1912
C. setosus
Kraepelin, 1912
C. simonii Pocock,
1893
C. vanbenedenii (Gervais,
1843)
C. yupai González-Sponga, 1994 |
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| Gyanochactas
Lourengo, 1998
G.
gonzalezspongai (Lourenco, 1983)
G.
mascarenhasi (Lourenco, 1983) |
Hadrurochactas
Pocock, 1893
H. odoardoi
González-Sponga, 1985
H. schaumii (Karsch,
1880)
|
Nullibrotheas
Williams, 1974
N. allenii
(Wood, 1863) |
Taurepania
Gonzalez-Sponga, 1978
T.
manisapanensis González-Sponga, 1992
T.
porosa (Pocock, 1900)
T. verneti
González-Sponga, 1992
T. vestigialis
González-Sponga, 1978
|
Teuthraustes
Simon, 1878
T. adrianae
González-Sponga, 1975
T. akananensis
González-Sponga, 1984
T. amazonicus (Simon,
1880)
T. atramentarius Simon, 1878
T.
carmelinae Scorza, 1954
T. dubius
(Borelli, 1899)
T. festae (Borelli,
1899)
T. gervaisii (Pocock, 1893)
T.
glaber Kraepelin, 1912
T. guerdouxi
Lourenco, 1995
T. lisei Lourenco,
1994
T. lojanus (Pocock, 1900)
T.
maturaca González-Sponga, 1991
T.
oculatus Pocock, 1900
T. ohausi
Kraepelin, 1912
T. reticulatus
González-Sponga, 1991
T. rosenbergi (Pocock,
1898)
T. simonsi (Pocock, 1900)
T.
whymperi (Pocock, 1893)
T. wittii
(Kraepelin, 1896)
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Vachoniochactas
Gonzalez-Sponga, 1978
V.
amazonicus González-Sponga, 1991
V.
ashleeae Lourenco, 1994
V. lasallei
(González-Sponga, 1978)
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