Chactini Pocock, 1893

Fet, Victor & Soleglad, Michael E., 2005, Contributions to scorpion systematics. I. On recent changes in high-level taxonomy, Euscorpius 31 (31), pp. 1-13 : 10

Tribe Chactini Pocock, 1893 , new rank, reestablished as a tribe in subfamily Chactinae Pocock, 1893 .

Tribe Chactopsini Soleglad et Sissom, 2001 , reestablished from synonymy with family Chactidae Pocock, 1893 as a tribe in subfamily Megacorminae Kraepelin, 1899 .

Tribe Diplocentrini Karsch, 1880 , new rank, reestablished as a tribe in subfamily Diplocentrinae Karsch, 1880 .

Tribe Megacormini Kraepelin, 1899 , reestablished from synonymy with family Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896 as a tribe in subfamily Megacorminae Kraepelin, 1899

Tribe Nebini Kraepelin, 1905 [was not formally synonymized by P&W, 2005, but does not appear in their classification], new rank, reestablished as a tribe in subfamily Diplocentrinae Karsch, 1880 .

Tribe Nullibrotheini Soleglad et Fet, 2003 , reestablished from synonymy with family Chactidae Pocock, 1893 as a tribe in subfamily Chactinae Pocock, 1893 .

Tribe Scorpiopini Kraepelin, 1905 , new rank, reestablished as a tribe in subfamily Scorpiopinae Kraepelin, 1905 .

Tribe Troglocormini Soleglad et Sissom, 2001 ; reestablished from synonymy with family Euscorpiidae Laurie, 1896 as a tribe in subfamily Scorpiopinae Kraepelin, 1905 .

Subtribe Brotheina Simon, 1879 , reestablished from synonymy with family Chactidae Pocock, 1893 as a subtribe in tribe Brotheini Simon, 1879 .

Subtribe Neochactina Soleglad et Fet, 2003 ; reestablished from synonymy with family Chactidae Pocock, 1893 as a subtribe in tribe Brotheini Simon, 1879 .

Franckeus Soleglad et Fet, 2005 ; reestablished from synonymy with Vaejovis C.L. Koch, 1836 ( Vaejovidae ).

Hoffmannihadrurus Fet et Soleglad, 2004 ; reestablished from synonymy with Hadrurus Thorell, 1876 ( Caraboctonidae ).

Neochactas Soleglad et Fet, 2003 ; reestablished from synonymy with Broteochactas Pocock, 1893 ( Chactidae ).

P&W (2005) also did not make formal statements on reestablishment from synonymy of the following four genera they recognized as valid. Here, these genera are synonymized according to the justifications provided by Soleglad & Fet (2003), Fet et al. (2004a), and Soleglad & Fet (2005b).