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Taxon: Order Scorpiones Koch, 1837 - scorpions (arachnid)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C.L. Koch, 1837, orth. emend.
Original name & rank:  Koch, C.L. 1837. Übersicht des Arachnidensystems (1): 36 ("Ordnung", "Scorpiides"). [no descr.]. ≡
Subsequent spelling:  Koch, C.L. 1850. Übersicht des Arachnidensystems (5): 86 ("Ordnung"). [no descr.]. ≡

Attributes

Emendation (nom. emend.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.1] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 18 Dec 2020.

Variants

Former unranked name: Scorpiones ([unranked]) Koch, 1837

Synonyms

Synonymous name: †Archaeoctonoidea (Superfamily) Petrunkevitch, 1949 Ref: PBDB: 26 Dec 2013.
Synonymous name: †Branchioscorpionina (Suborder) Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986 Ref: PBDB: 10 Feb 2014.
Synonymous name: †Liassoscorpionidae (Family) Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986, orth. inval. Ref: PBDB: 10 Feb 2014.
Including: Bothriuroidea (Superfamily) Simon, 1880 Ref: L. Prendini & W.C. Wheeler, 2005: table 10 (p. 481: "syn. n."). [new]
Including: Buthida (Parvorder) Soleglad & Fet, 2003 Ref: L. Prendini & W.C. Wheeler, 2005: table 10 (p. 481: "syn. n."). [new]
Including: Buthoidea (Superfamily) Koch, 1837 Ref: L. Prendini & W.C. Wheeler, 2005: table 10 (p. 481: "syn. n."). [new]
Including: Chactoidea (Superfamily) Pocock, 1893 Ref: L. Prendini & W.C. Wheeler, 2005: table 10 (p. 481: "syn. n."). [new]
Including: Chaerilida (Parvorder) Soleglad & Fet, 2003 Ref: L. Prendini & W.C. Wheeler, 2005: table 10 (p. 481: "syn. n."). [new]
Including: Chaeriloidea (Superfamily) Pocock, 1893 Ref: L. Prendini & W.C. Wheeler, 2005: table 10 (p. 481: "syn. n."). [new]
Including: Iurida (Parvorder) Soleglad & Fet, 2003 Ref: L. Prendini & W.C. Wheeler, 2005: table 10 (p. 481: "syn. n."). [new]
Including: Iuroidea (Superfamily) Thorell, 1876 Ref: L. Prendini & W.C. Wheeler, 2005: table 10 (p. 481: "syn. n."). [new]
Including: Pseudochactida (Parvorder) Soleglad & Fet, 2003 Ref: L. Prendini & W.C. Wheeler, 2005: table 10 (p. 481: "syn. n."). [new]
Including: Pseudochactoidea (Superfamily) Gromov, 1998 Ref: L. Prendini & W.C. Wheeler, 2005: table 10 (p. 481: "syn. n."). [new]
Including: Scorpionoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802 Ref: L. Prendini & W.C. Wheeler, 2005: table 10 (p. 481: "syn. n."). [new]
Including: Vaejovoidea (Superfamily) Thorell, 1876 Ref: L. Prendini & W.C. Wheeler, 2005: table 10 (p. 481: "syn. n."). [new]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: schorpioenen Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken, 2010: 159.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: scorpions
: true scorpions
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