Family LIOCHELIDAE
Compiler and date details
Mark S. Harvey & Erich S. Volschenk, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Introduction
The Liochelidae (as Ischnuridae) were, until recently, included as a subfamily within the Scorpionidae, but were elevated to family level by Lourenço (1989). Eight genera were included by Prendini (2000), of which only the widespread Liocheles Sundevall is known from Australia where it occurs in tropical areas. Liochelids are elsewhere found in Asia, Africa and tropical America, and on many islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The Australian species occur under stones and rocks in eastern and northern Australia.
General References
Lourenço, W.R. 1989. Rétablissement de la famille des Ischnuridae, distincte des Scorpionidae Pocok, 1893, à partir de la sous-famille des Ischnurinae Pocock, 1893. Revue Arachnologique 8: 159-177
Prendini, L. 2000. Phylogeny and classification of the superfamily Scorpionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Chelicerata, Scorpiones): an exemplar approach. Cladistics 16: 1-78