Isometroides
Isometroides is a genus of scorpions in the Buthidae family with two species. It is endemic to, and found widely across, inland mainland Australia, and was first described by German arachnologist Eugen von Keyserling in 1885.
| Isometroides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Superfamily: | Buthoidea |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Isometroides Keyserling, 1885[1] |
Species
- Isometroides vescus (Karsch, 1880)
- Isometroides angusticaudus Keyserling, 1885
The genus has sometimes been considered monotypic, with I. angusticaudus a synonym of I. vescus.[2]
Distribution and habitat
Found across much of inland Australia, the scorpions occur in woodland and semi-arid country.[2]
References
- Koch, Ludwig CC; Keyserling, E von (1885). Die Arachniden Australiens. Vol. 2. Nürnberg: Bauer und Raspe. pp. 1–51.
- Main, BY (1956). "Taxonomy and biology of the genus Isometroides Keyserling (Scorpionida)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 4 (2): 158–164. doi:10.1071/ZO9560158.
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