Hormuridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Scorpiones Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia:
Genera: Cheloctonus – Chiromachetes – Chiromachus – Dacurus – Hadogenes – Hormiops – Hormurus – Iomachus – Liocheles – Opisthacanthus – Palaeocheloctonus – Tibetiomachus

Name

Hormuridae Laurie, 1896

Synonyms

Ischnuridae Simon, 1879
Liochelidae Fet & Bechley, 2001

References

Primary references

Additional references

Lourenço, W.R. 2007e. About two species of liochelid scorpions collected in Western Africa (Scorpiones, Liochelidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 14(168): 137-148. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Monod, L., Harvey, M.S. & Prendini, L. 2013. Stenotopic Hormurus Thorell, 1876 scorpions from the monsoon ecosystems of northern Australia, with a discussion on the evolution of burrowing behaviour in Hormuridae Laurie, 1896. Revue suisse de zoologie, 120(2): 281–346.
Mirza, Z.A. 2017. Description of a new species of Liocheles Sundevall, 1833 (Hormuridae) from India. Zootaxa 4365(2): 217–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.2.6. Reference page.

Links

Hormuridae – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).