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Hadogenes
Hadogenes troglodytes in Soutpansberg, South Africa
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Hadogenes

Kraepelin, 1894
Diversity
18 species (see text)

Hadogenes is a genus of large African scorpions (including the world's longest, Hadogenes troglodytes) found from South Africa up to Tanzania.[1]

The species in this genus are:[2]

References

  1. ^ Jonathan Leeming (2003). "Southern African species". Scorpions of Southern Africa. Struik. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-86872-804-6.
  2. ^ Prendini, L. 2005a. Scorpion diversity and distribution in southern Africa: pattern and process. In B.A. Huber, B.J. Sinclair, and K.H. Lampe (editors), African biodiversity: molecules, organisms, ecosystems: 25–68. New York: Springer.
  3. ^ Prendini, Lorenzo (1997). "Redescription of Hadogenes zumpti Newlands & Cantrell 1985: An unusual rock scorpion (Scorpiones, Ischnuridae) from the Richtersveld, South Africa". South African Journal of Zoology. 32: 76–81. doi:10.1080/02541858.1997.11448434.