The genus is divided in 5 subgenera (Birula
1913, Fet 1997, Vachon
1974
):
Subgenus
Pandinus Thorell, 1876:
Distribution: whole tropical Africa (excl. Central-Africa und Cameroon, Gabon)
Pandinus
(Pandinus)
gambiensis, Pandinus (Pandinus)
imperator, Pandinus (Pandinus)
intermedius, Pandinus (Pandinus) phillipsii, Pandinus
(Pandinus) smithii
Subgenus
Pandinurus Fet, 1997:
Distribution: East- bis Northeast Africa und Yemen
Pandinus
(Pandinurus) arabicus, Pandinus (Pandinurus) citernii, Pandinus (Pandinurus) exitialis, Pandinus
(Pandinurus) gregoryi, Pandinus (Pandinurus) magretti,
Pandinus (Pandinurus) meidensis, Pandinus (Pandinurus)
pallidus, Pandinus (Pandinurus) percivali, Pandinus
(Pandinurus) viatoris
Subgenus
Pandinopsis Vachon, 1974:
Distribution: Cameroon, Gabon
Pandinus
(Pandinopsis) dictator
Subgenus
Pandinoides Fet, 1997:
Distribution: EastAfrica
Pandinus
(Pandinoides) cavimanus, Pandinus (Pandinoides) platycheles
Subgenus
Pandinops Birula, 1913: Distribution:
Ethiopia, Somalia
Pandinus
(Pandinops) bellicosus, Pandinus (Pandinops) colei,
Pandinus (Pandinops) hawkeri, Pandinus (Pandinops)
peeli, Pandinus (Pandinops)
pococki
The following species is not assigned to one of the subgenera: Distribution: Somalia
Pandinus
boschisi
Bibliography:
Birula, A. A. 1913. Arachnologische
Beiträge III. Ueber Pandinus (Pandinops) peelei Poc. und
seine Verwandten. Revue
russe d'entomologie 13
(3-4): 420-423.
Fet,
V. Y. 1997. Notes on the taxonomy of some old world scorpions (Scorpiones :
Buthidae, Chactidae, Ischnuridae, Scorpionidae). Journal
of Arachnology 25 (3): 245-250.
Vachon, M. 1974. Étude des
caractères utilisés pour classer les familles et les genres de Scorpions (Arachnides).
1. La trichobothriotaxie en Arachnologie, Sigles trichobothriaux et types de
trichobothriotaxie chez les Scorpions. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 140 (Zool. 104),
mai-juin 1973 857-958.