{{Short description|Family of scorpions}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Paleogene|present}} | image = Euscorpiidae - Euscorpiops montanus.jpg | image_caption =Museum specimen of ''Euscorpiops montanus'' | taxon = Euscorpiidae | authority = Laurie, 1896<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Laurie|first1=Malcolm|title=XVII.—Further notes on the anatomy and development of scorpions, and their bearing on the classification of the order|journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |series=6|volume=18|issue=104|year=1896|pages=121–133|issn=0374-5481|doi=10.1080/00222939608680422|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1430333}}</ref> }}
The '''Euscorpiidae''' are a family of scorpions.
==Genera== '''Euscorpiidae''' contains the following six genera:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rein |first=Jan Ove |date=2022 |title=Euscorpiidae Pocock, 1893 |url=https://www.ntnu.no/ub/scorpion-files/euscorpiidae.php |access-date=11 April 2022 |website=The Scorpion Files}}</ref>
* ''Alpiscorpius'' <small>Gantenbein ''et al.'', 1999</small> * ''Euscorpius'' <small>Thorell, 1876</small> * ''Megacormus'' <small>Karsch, 1881</small> * ''Plesiochactas'' <small>Pocock, 1900</small> * ''Tetratrichobothrius'' <small>Birula, 1917</small> * ''Troglocormus'' <small>Francke, 1981</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{cite journal|last1=Soleglad|first1=Michael E.|last2=Fet|first2=Victor|title=High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni) |journal=Euscorpius|volume=2003|issue=11|year=2003|pages=1–56|issn=1536-9307|doi=10.18590/euscorpius.2003.vol2003.iss11.1|doi-access=free}} * {{cite book|last1=Stockmann|first1=Roland|last2=Ythier|first2=Eric|title = Scorpions of the World|publisher= N. A. P. Editions|year=2010|isbn=978-2913688117}} * {{cite journal|last1=Prendini|first1=Lorenzo|last2=Wheeler|first2=Ward C.|title=Scorpion higher phylogeny and classification, taxonomic anarchy, and standards for peer review in online publishing |journal=Cladistics|volume=21|issue=5|year=2005|pages=446–494|issn=0748-3007|doi=10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00073.x |s2cid=53317544|url=http://research.amnh.org/users/lorenzo/PDF/Prendini.2005.Cladistics.pdf}} {{refend}}
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Category:Euscorpiidae Category:Scorpion families
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