Hadogenes soutpansbergensis

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Hadogenes soutpansbergensis
Hadogenes soutpansbergensis, adult female.jpg
Adult female in the Soutpansberg, South Africa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Hemiscorpiidae
Genus: Hadogenes
Species:
H. soutpansbergensis
Binomial name
Hadogenes soutpansbergensis
Prendini, 2006

Hadogenes soutpansbergensis is a scorpion species endemic to South Africa in the bicolor group of the genus Hadogenes.[1] It is named after the Soutpansberg mountain range where it was found.[2]

Taxonomic history[]

The species was formally described in 2006, although Prendini first collected a pair of adults of this species in 1990.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Prendini 2006, p. 2.
  2. ^ Prendini 2006, p. 24.

Works cited[]

  • Prendini, Lorenzo (2006). "New South African Flat Rock Scorpions (Liochelidae, Hadogenes)". American Museum Novitates (3502): 1–32. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)502[0001:NSAFRS]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5681.


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