Hubbardiidae is a family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of arachnid

Arachnid

Arachnids are a class of joint-legged invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. All arachnids have eight legs, although in some species the front pair may convert to a sensory function. The term is derived from the Greek words , meaning "spider".Almost all extant arachnids are terrestrial...

s, superficially resembling spiders. It is the larger of the two extant families of the order

Order (biology)

In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...

, Schizomida, and is divided into two subfamilies. The family is based on the description published by Orator F. Cook

Orator F. Cook

Orator Fuller Cook was an American botanist, entomologist, and agronomist. Cook, born in Clyde, New York in 1867, graduated from Syracuse University in 1890. He worked for one year as an instructor at Syracuse. In 1891 Cook became a special agent of the New York State Colonization Society. He...

 in 1899, and was previously named as Schizomidae. The American Arachnological Society assigns the common name hubbardiid shorttailed whipscorpion to members of this family

The classification of the family includes 28 genera. Seven of these genera are found in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, five of them occur nowhere else: Draculoides

Draculoides

Draculoides is a genus of troglobite arachnid endemic to North West Australia. Often mistaken for a spider, D. bramstokeri is a schizomid — a small, soil-dwelling invertebrate that walks on six legs and uses two modified front legs as feelers...

, Julattenius , Notozomus , Attenuizomus and Brignolizomus. Five genera are found in Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, three of which are endemic (Pacal

Pacal (genus)

Pacal is a genus of arachnid, belonging to the family Hubbardiidae in the order Schizomida . The genus contains three identified species, all endemic to Mexico....

, Mayazomus and Sotanostenochrus).

The following is a list of genera, divided into two subfamilies:

• Hubbardiidae Cook, 1899
  • Hubbardiinae Cook, 1899
    • Adisomus Cokendolpher and Reddell, 2000
    • Afrozomus Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
    • Anepsiozomus Harvey, 2001
    • Antillostenochrus Armas and Teruel, 2002
    • Apozomus Harvey, 1992
    • Artacarus Cook, 1899
    • Attenuizomus Harvey, 2000
    • Bamazomus Harvey, 1992
    • Brignolizomus Harvey, 2000
    • Burmezomus Bastawade, 2004
    • Clavizomus Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
    • Cokendolpherius Armas, 2002
    • Cubazomus Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
    • Draculoides
      Draculoides
      Draculoides is a genus of troglobite arachnid endemic to North West Australia. Often mistaken for a spider, D. bramstokeri is a schizomid — a small, soil-dwelling invertebrate that walks on six legs and uses two modified front legs as feelers...
      
      Harvey, 1992
    • Enigmazomus Harvey, 2006
    • Guanazomus Teruel and Armas, 2002
    • Hansenochrus Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
    • Hubbardia Cook, 1899
    • Javazomus Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
    • Julattenius Harvey, 1992
    • Luisarmasius Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
    • Mahezomus Harvey, 2001
    • Mayazomus Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
    • Neozomus Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
    • Notozomus Harvey, 1992
    • Oculozomus Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
    • Orientzomus Cokendolpher and Tsurusaki, 1994
    • Ovozomus Harvey, 2001
    • Piaroa
      Piaroa
      The Piaroa are an indigenous American ethnic group living along the banks of the Orinoco River and its tributaries in present day Venezuela, and in a few scattered locations elsewhere in Venezuela and in Colombia...
      
      Villarreal, Giupponi and Tourinho, 2008
    • Pacal
      Pacal (genus)
      Pacal is a genus of arachnid, belonging to the family Hubbardiidae in the order Schizomida . The genus contains three identified species, all endemic to Mexico....
      
      Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
    • Reddellzomus Armas, 2002
    • Rowlandius Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
    • Schizomus Cook, 1899
    • Secozomus Harvey, 2001
    • Sotanostenochrus Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1991
    • Stenochrus Chamberlin, 1922
    • Stenoschizomus González-Sponga, 1997
    • Stewartpeckius Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
    • Surazomus Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
    • Tayos Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
    • Trithyreus Kraepelin, 1899
    • Troglocubazomus Teruel, 2003
    • Wayuuzomus Armas and Colmenares, 2006
    • Zomus Reddell and Cokendolpher, 1995
  • Megaschizominae Rowland, 1973
    • Megaschizomus
      Megaschizomus
      Megaschizomus is a genus of Schizomida in the family Hubbardiidae, and the only genus in the subfamily Megaschizominae. The species of this genus are found in Southern Africa.- List of species :*Megaschizomus mossambicus...
      
      Lawrence, 1969