Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Arachnida - (Order) Scorpiones - (Family) Scorpionidae

Original position

Aptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Scorpioninae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1802

Original entries

Scorpio afer Linnaeus, 1758
Scorpio americus Linnaeus, 1758
Scorpio australis Linnaeus, 1758
Scorpio europaeus Linnaeus, 1758
Scorpio maurus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Scorpionidae (Family) Latreille, 1802

Ref: O.F. Francke, 2019: 33.

Alternative positions

Aptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1037.
Scorpioninae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: M.E. Soleglad et al., 2005: table 6 (p. 33).

Historical positions

Scorpionidae (Family) Latreille, 1802	Ref: O.F. Francke, 2019: 33.
Scorpioninae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: M.E. Soleglad et al., 2005: table 6 (p. 33).
Scorpionidae (Family) Latreille, 1802	Ref: L. Prendini & W.C. Wheeler, 2005: table 10 (p. 482).
Scorpioninae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: M.E. Soleglad & V. Fet, 2003: 88.
Scorpionidae (Family) Latreille, 1802	Ref: S.A. Stockwell, 1996
Arthropoda (Phylum) Siebold, 1848	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 224. [rough position]
Scorpionidea (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 447. [rough position]
Aptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 360[540], 1037.
Aptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 344, 624.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[5s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[5s]