Scorpion families

The Buthidae are the largest family of scorpions, containing about 100 genera and 1300 species as of 2025. A few very large genera (Ananteris, Centruroides, Compsobuthus, or Tityus) are known, but a high number of species-poor or monotypic ones also exist. New taxa are being described at a rate of several new species per year. They have a cosmopolitan distribution throughout tropical and subtropical environments worldwide. Together with four other families, the Buthidae make up the superfamily Buthoidea. The family was established by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837.

Scorpionidae is a family of burrowing scorpions or pale-legged scorpions in the superfamily Scorpionoidea. The family was established by Pierre André Latreille, 1802.

The Chactidae are a family of scorpions established by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1893. They are included in the superfamily Chactoidea.

The Bothriuridae are a family of scorpions, comprising 151 species in 16 genera.

The Euscorpiidae are a family of scorpions.

Vaejovidae is a family of scorpions, currently comprising 25 genera and over 230 species, found in North America. The species of the family are found from western Guatemala, throughout Mexico, and in the United States, mostly west of the 100° meridian and one species in the Appalachian Mountains. Small, montane species of the genus Vaejovis have been found in pine and spruce forests at elevations over 9,500 feet (2900 m) in New Mexico and Arizona. The northern scorpion, Paruroctonus boreus, is found from northern Arizona to the southern plains of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia in

The Caraboctonidae (hairy scorpions) are part of the superfamily Iuroidea. The family was established by Karl Kraepelin in 1905.

The Iuridae are a family of scorpions. Six genera and at least 20 described species are placed in the Iuridae.

Diplocentridae is a family of scorpions. The roughly 120 species are mostly native to the New World, except for genus Nebo, which is distributed in the Middle East.

The Pseudochactidae are a scorpion family. They are predominantly found in caves.

Typhlochactidae is a family of troglomorphic scorpions native to eastern Mexico.

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Chaerilidae is a family of scorpions. It contains two genera, the extant Chaerilus (Simon, 1877) and the extinct Electrochaerilus (Santiago-Blay, Fet, Soleglad & Anderson, 2004).

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Hormuridae is a family of scorpions in the order Scorpiones. There are about 10 genera and more than 90 described species in Hormuridae.