[Taxacom] scorpion systematics question

[Tony Rees]

https://www.ntnu.no/ub/scorpion-files/caraboctonidae.php
Recognises four genera: *Caraboctonus, **Hadrurus, **Hadruroides* and
*Hoffmannihadrurus.*

Regards - Tony

On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 at 06:14, Tony Rees <tonyrees49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, I just noticed that Sharma et al., 2015 (
> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4375871/) include Hadrurus
> in fam. Caraboctonidae in their Figure 3 (presumably where Caraboctonus
> would also reside). So you may need to do some additional sleuthing...
> Caraboctonidae is a recognised family according to Mullen & Sissom, 2019 :(
> https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814043-7.00023-6)
>
> quote: "The *Caraboctonidae* is a New World family with four genera and
> 32 species. The genera Caraboctonus (one species) and Hadruroides (22 species)
> are found in western South America..."
>
> Regards - Tony
>