Hadrurus hirsutus
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]
| Hadrurus hirsutus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Caraboctonidae |
| Genus: | Hadrurus |
| Species: | H. hirsutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hadrurus hirsutus (Wood, 1863) | |
Distribution
This species is endemic to the state of Baja California Sur in Mexico.[3]
Description
The male specimen described by Williams in 1970 measured 107.4 mm, and the female specimen measured 98.7 mm.[4]
Taxonomy
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
- 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).
External links
References
- 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).
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