Paruroctonus
| Paruroctonus | |
|---|---|
| Paruroctonus silvestrii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Vaejovidae |
| Genus: | Werner, 1934 |
Paruroctonus is a genus of scorpions in the family Vaejovidae. There are about 30 described species in Paruroctonus.[1]
Species
- Parauroctonus arenicola (Haradon, 1984)[2]
- Paruroctonus baergi (Williams & Hadley, 1967)[2](Sand Swimmer Scorpion)
- Parauroctonus bantai (Gertsch & Soleglad, 1966)[2]
- Paruroctonus becki (Gertsch & Allred, 1965)
- Paruroctonus boreus (northern scorpion)
- Paruroctonus conclusus Jain, Forbes & Esposito, 2022
- Paruroctonus gracilior (Hoffmann, 1931) (Chihuahuan slender-tailed scorpion)
- Parauroctonus hirsutipes(Williams & Hadley, 1967)[2]
- Paruroctonus luteolus (golden dwarf sand scorpion)
- Parauroctonus marksi (Haradon, 1984)[2]
- Paruroctonus pecos (Sissom & Francke, 1981)
- Parauroctonus shulovi (Williams, 1970)[2]
- Paruroctonus silvestrii (California common scorpion)
- Paruroctonus soda Jain, Forbes & Esposito, 2022
- Paruroctonus tulare Jain et al., 2023
- Paruroctonus utahensis (Williams, 1968) (eastern sand scorpion)
- Paruroctonus variabilis Hjelle, 1982
- Parauroctonus xanthus (Gertsch & Soleglad, 1966)[2]
References
- ^ "Paruroctonus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Two new alkali-sink specialist species of Paruroctonus Werner 1934 (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae) from central California".
- Ayrey R, Webber M (2013). "A new Vaejovis C.L. Koch, 1836, the second known vorhiesi group species from the Santa Catalina Mountains of Arizona (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae)". ZooKeys 270: 21–35.