Urodacus | |
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Urodacus yaschenkoi photographed in the Riverland, South Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Urodacidae |
Genus: |
Urodacus Peters, 1861 [1] |
Type species | |
Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters, 1861
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Urodacus is a genus of scorpion belonging to the family Urodacidae. It was described by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters in 1861. The type species is U. novaehollandiae. [1] Its species are native to Australia, and dig burrows. [2] The genus was placed in its own family in 2000. Before this, the group had been a subfamily Urodacinae within the family Scorpionidae. [3]
Urodacus contains the following species: [4]
Urodacus | |
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Urodacus yaschenkoi photographed in the Riverland, South Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Urodacidae |
Genus: |
Urodacus Peters, 1861 [1] |
Type species | |
Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters, 1861
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Urodacus is a genus of scorpion belonging to the family Urodacidae. It was described by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters in 1861. The type species is U. novaehollandiae. [1] Its species are native to Australia, and dig burrows. [2] The genus was placed in its own family in 2000. Before this, the group had been a subfamily Urodacinae within the family Scorpionidae. [3]
Urodacus contains the following species: [4]