Opisthacanthus

Opisthacanthus
Opisthacanthus asper, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Hemiscorpiidae
Genus:	Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861
Diversity
c. 20 species (see text)

Opisthacanthus is a genus of scorpions in the family Hemiscorpiidae (Liochelidae) occurring in central and South America, the Caribbean, Africa and Madagascar.

The species in this genus are:

Subgenus Opisthacanthus Peters, 1861
I. cayaporum group

II. lepturus group

III. lecomtei group

Subgenus Nepabellus Francke, 1974
I. africanus group

II. asper group

III. laevipes group

IV. rugulosus group

V. validus group

Subgenus Monodopisthacanthus Lourenço, 2001
I. madagascariensis group

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