Arachnida - Scorpiones - Buthidae
Synonym: Microcharmidae Lourenco 1996
Parent taxon: Buthoidea according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Soleglad and Fet 2003
Sister taxa: Ananteridae, Archaeobuthidae, Palaeoburmesebuthidae, Protobuthidae
Subtaxa: Centruroides Cretaceousbuthus Microcharmus Microtityus Palaeoakentrobuthus Palaeoananteris Palaeobutheolus Palaeogrosphus Palaeoisometrus Palaeolychas Palaeoprotobuthus Palaeospinobuthus Palaeotityobuthus Scorpio schweiggeri Tityus Tityus eogenus Uintascorpio
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Madagascar (3 collections), Tanzania (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (4), Mexico (3)
• Eocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (8), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (3)
Total: 25 collections including 27 occurrences