Pandinus magrettii
| Pandinus magrettii | |
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| Museum specimen of Pandinus magrettii from Ethiopia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Scorpionidae |
| Genus: | Pandinus |
| Species: | P. margretti
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| Binomial name | |
| Pandinus margretti Borelli, 1901
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Pandinus magrettii is a species of scorpion native to Africa.
Description[]
Scorpio africanus, 1888 specimen, in Natural History Museum (Ireland)
Pandinus magrettii can reach a total length of 105–113 millimetres (4.1–4.4 in), with a cephalothorax of about 16 millimetres (0.63 in) and a tail of about 58 millimetres (2.3 in). Body and tail are dark brown, with dark olive-brown at the sides of the cephalothorax. The large pincers are dark brown. Legs, known as the metasomaa, are yellowish. Dorsal keels on fourth metasomal segments lack discrete denticles.
Distribution[]
This species is native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan.
References[]
- Biolib
- František KOVAŘÍK Scorpions of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia (Arachnida: Scorpiones), with a key and descriptions of three new species
- Archive.org
External links[]
Media related to Pandinus magrettii at Wikimedia Commons
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Categories:
- Scorpionidae
- Scorpions of Africa
- Animals described in 1901
- Scorpion stubs