Hadogenes soutpansbergensis
Appearance
Hadogenes soutpansbergensis | |
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Adult female in the Soutpansberg, South Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Hormuridae |
Genus: | Hadogenes |
Species: | H. soutpansbergensis
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Binomial name | |
Hadogenes soutpansbergensis Prendini, 2006
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Hadogenes soutpansbergensis is a scorpion species endemic to South Africa in the bicolor group of the genus Hadogenes.[1] It is named after the Soutpansberg mountain range where it was found.[2]
Taxonomic history
[edit]The species was formally described in 2006, although Prendini first collected a pair of adults of this species in 1990.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Prendini 2006, p. 2.
- ^ Prendini 2006, p. 24.
Works cited
[edit]- Prendini, Lorenzo (2006). "New South African Flat Rock Scorpions (Liochelidae, Hadogenes)". American Museum Novitates (3502): 1–32. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)502[0001:NSAFRS]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5681.