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Tityus tenuicauda

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Tityus tenuicauda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Tityus
Species:
T. tenuicauda
Binomial name
Tityus tenuicauda
Prendini, 2001

Tityus tenuicauda is a species of scorpions in the family Buthidae. This species was believed to be endemic to the island of Trinidad in Trinidad and Tobago. The distribution range of T. tenuicauda has been extended westward until Las Melenas, a location in the western side of Paria Peninsula National Park, Sucre State, northeastern Venezuela.[citation needed]

References

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  • Lorenzo Prendini (2001). "Further additions to the scorpion fauna of Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 29 (2): 173–188. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0173:FATTSF]2.0.CO;2.