Hadrurus hirsutus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Hadruridae |
Genus: | Hadrurus |
Species: | H. hirsutus
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Binomial name | |
Hadrurus hirsutus (Wood, 1863)
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Hadrurus hirsutus, also known as the desert hairy scorpion, [1] is a species of scorpion in the Hadruridae family. It was first described by Horatio C. Wood Jr. in 1863. [2]
This species is endemic to the state of Baja California Sur in Mexico. [3]
The male specimen described by Williams in 1970 measured 107.4 mm, and the female specimen measured 98.7 mm. [4]
Hadrurus hirsutus was given the protonym Buthus hirsutus by Wood in 1863. Tamerlan Thorell placed it in the genus Hadrurus in 1876. [5]