Paruroctonus
| Paruroctonus | |
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| Paruroctonus silvestrii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Vaejovidae |
| Genus: | Paruroctonus Werner, 1934 |
Paruroctonus is a genus of scorpions in the family Vaejovidae. There are about 8 described species in Paruroctonus.[1]
Species[]
- (Gertsch & Allred, 1965)
- Paruroctonus boreus (northern scorpion)
- (Hoffmann, 1931) (Chihuahuan slender-tailed scorpion)
- (golden dwarf sand scorpion)
- Sissom & Francke, 1981
- Paruroctonus silvestrii (California common scorpion)
- (Williams, 1968) (eastern sand scorpion)
- Hjelle, 1982
References[]
- ^ "Paruroctonus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- 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.
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