what family does a scorpion belong to?
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Scorpions belong to one of the 11 living Orders of arachnids. The other common and widespread Orders of arachnids are spiders (Araneae) daddy longlegs (Phalangida), pseudoscorpions and ticks mites and chiggers (Acarina). They do not belong to a division of the insect family. There is no such thing as the insect family. Insects form a Class of the Phylum Arthropoda. Scorpions and their relatives are in the Class Arachnida, also in the Phylum Arthropoda.