Chactidae Explained

The Chactidae are a family of scorpions established by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1893.^[1] They are included in the superfamily Chactoidea.^[2]

Genera

Chactidae contains the following genera:^[3]

• Anuroctonus Pocock, 1893
• Auyantepuia (Gonzalez-Sponga, 1978)
• Broteochactas Pocock, 1893
• Brotheas C.L. Koch, 1837
• Chactas Gervais, 1844
• Chactopsis Kraepelin, 1912
• Chactopsoides Ochoa, Rojas-Runjaic, Pinto-Da-Rocha & Prendini, 2013
• Guyanochactas Lourenco, 1998
• Hadrurochactas Pocock, 1893
• Megachactops Ochoa, Rojas-Runjaic, Pinto-Da-Rocha & Prendini, 2013
• Neochactas Soleglad & Fet, 2003
• Nullibrotheas Williams, 1974
• Spinochactas Lourenço, 2016
• Teuthraustes Simon, 1878
• Uroctonus Thorell, 1876
• Vachoniochactas Gonzalez-Sponga, 1978

Notes and References

1. Pocock . Reginald Innes . 1893 . A contribution to the study of neotropical scorpions . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. . 6 . 12 . 68 . 77–103. 10.1080/00222939308677589 .
2. Soleglad . Michael E. . Fet, Victor . 2003 . High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni) . Euscorpius . Marshall University . 11 . 1–175 . multiple parts . 2008-06-13.
3. Web site: Rein . Jan Ove . 2022 . CHACTIDAE Pocock, 1893 . 7 April 2022 . The Scorpion Files.