In November 2020, Frantisek Kovarik and co-workers presented a major revision of the family Scorpiopidae. The family status and the relation with the family Euscorpiidae has not yet been finally understood, but in this paper the authors use the family group name to be consistent with its most recent usage in the literature. I'm following this decision and have reinstated Scorpiopidae as a family in The Scorpion Files. More information can be found in the article:

Kovarik F, Lowe G, Stockmann M, Stahlavsky F. Revision of genus-group taxa in the family Scorpiopidae Kraepelin, 1905, with description of 15 new species (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Euscorpius. 2020(325):1-140.

After the revision, this family now includes 7 genera and 116 species [Updated 29.06.26]. Scorpiopidae is widespread in Asia (west, central, south and southeast).

Some members of the genus Scorpiops have been reported to occur in captivity, but many of these might be misidentified members of the scorpionid genus Heterometrus.

Soleglad, M. E. & Sissom, W. D. 2001: Phylogeny of the family Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896: a major revision. 25-111. In V. Fet & P. A. Selden (eds.). Scorpions 2001. In memoriam Gary A. Polis. British Arachnological Society. Burnham Beeches, Bucks. xi + 404 pp.

Scorpiops longimanus photo (right) 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 Prendini (2026) and will be updated with new taxonomic decisions as soon as possible. The list was originally created from Fet et al.(2000). September 2019: Subspecies are 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)