Pandiborellius magrettii

Pandiborellius magrettii
	Museum specimen of Pandinus magrettii from Ethiopia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Scorpionidae
Genus:	Pandinus
Species:	P. magrettii
Binomial name
	Pandinus magrettii; Borelli, 1901
Synonyms
	Brotheas hirsutus L. Koch, 1875; Scorpio africanus subtypicus Kraepelin, 1894;

Pandinus magrettii is a species of scorpion native to Africa.

Description

Scorpio africanus, 1888 specimen, in Natural History Museum (Ireland)

Pandinus magrettii can reach a total length of 105–113 millimetres (4.1–4.4 in), with a cephalothorax of about 16 millimetres (0.63 in) and a tail of about 58 millimetres (2.3 in). Body and tail are dark brown, with dark olive-brown at the sides of the cephalothorax. The large pincers are dark brown. Legs, known as the metasomaa, are yellowish. Dorsal keels on fourth metasomal segments lack discrete denticles.

Distribution

This species is native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan.

References

External links

Media related to Pandinus magrettii at Wikimedia Commons

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