Kolotl

Kolotl
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Diplocentridae
Genus:	Kolotl; Santibáñez-López, Francke & Prendini, 2014
Species
	See text

Kolotl is a genus of scorpions in the family Diplocentridae, native to Mexico. Named for the Nahuatl word for scorpion, they can be almost 10 cm long.^[1]

Species[]

Currently accepted species include:

(Beutelspacher & López-Forment, 1991)
(Francke & Quijano-Ravell, 2009)

References[]

^ Santibáñez-López, Carlos E.; Francke, Oscar F.; Prendini, Lorenzo (2014). "Kolotl, n. gen. (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae), a New Scorpion Genus from Mexico". American Museum Novitates. 3815 (3815): 1–14. doi:10.1206/3815.1. S2CID 84956256.

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[1] Santibáñez-López, Carlos E.; Francke, Oscar F.; Prendini, Lorenzo (2014). "Kolotl, n. gen. (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae), a New Scorpion Genus from Mexico". American Museum Novitates. 3815 (3815): 1–14. doi:10.1206/3815.1. S2CID 84956256.

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