Hadrurus hirsutus
Appearance
Hadrurus hirsutus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Hadruridae |
Genus: | Hadrurus |
Species: | H. hirsutus
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Binomial name | |
Hadrurus hirsutus (Wood, 1863)
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Hadrurus hirsutus, also known as the desert hairy scorpion,[1] is a species of scorpion in the Hadruridae family. It was first described by Horatio C. Wood Jr. in 1863.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to the state of Baja California Sur in Mexico.[3]
Description
[edit]The male specimen described by Williams in 1970 measured 107.4 mm, and the female specimen measured 98.7 mm.[4]
Taxonomy
[edit]Hadrurus hirsutus was given the protonym Buthus hirsutus by Wood in 1863. Tamerlan Thorell placed it in the genus Hadrurus in 1876.[5]
Original publication
[edit]- Wood, 1863: Descriptions of new species of North American Pedipalpi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 15, p. 107-112 (original text).
References
[edit]- ^ Gurley, Russ; Brough, Clarice. "Desert Hairy Scorpion". Animal-World. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Wood, 1863 : Descriptions of new species of North American Pedipalpi.Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 15, p. 107-112 (original text).
- ^ Fet, Sissom, Lowe & Braunwalder, 2000 : Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). New York Entomological Society, p. 1-690.
- ^ Williams, 1970 : A systematic revision of the giant hairy scorpion genus Hadrurus. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, No. 87, p. 1–62 (original text).
- ^ Thorell, 1876 : On the classification of Scorpions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4, vol. 4, p. 1-15 (original text).
External links
[edit]- The Scorpion Files: Jan Ove Rein, Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- "Hadrurus hirsutus (Wood, 1863)". BioLib.