# Euscorpiidae

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{{Short description|Family of scorpions}}
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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Paleogene|present}}
| image = Euscorpiidae - Euscorpiops montanus.jpg
| image_caption =Museum specimen of ''[Euscorpiops montanus](/source/Euscorpiops_montanus)''
| taxon = Euscorpiidae
| authority = [Laurie](/source/Malcolm_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 [scorpion](/source/scorpion)s.

==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](/source/Alpiscorpius)'' <small>Gantenbein ''et al.'', 1999</small>
* ''[Euscorpius](/source/Euscorpius)'' <small>Thorell, 1876</small>
* ''[Megacormus](/source/Megacormus)'' <small>Karsch, 1881</small>
* ''[Plesiochactas](/source/Plesiochactas)'' <small>Pocock, 1900</small>
* ''[Tetratrichobothrius](/source/Tetratrichobothrius)'' <small>Birula, 1917</small>
* ''[Troglocormus](/source/Troglocormus)'' <small>Francke, 1981</small>

==References==
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==Further reading==
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* {{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}}
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Category:Euscorpiidae
Category:Scorpion families

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