''Hadrurus hirsutus'', also known as the desert hairy scorpion,
is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
scorpion
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always en ...
in the
Hadruridae family. It was first described by
Horatio C. Wood Jr. in 1863.
[Wood, 1863 : ''Descriptions of new species of North American Pedipalpi.''Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, , ]
original text
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Distribution
This species is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to the state of
Baja California Sur in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
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[Fet, Sissom, Lowe & Braunwalder, 2000 : ''Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998).'' New York Entomological Society, .]
Description
The male specimen described by Williams in 1970 measured 107.4 mm, and the female specimen measured 98.7 mm.
[Williams, 1970 : ''A systematic revision of the giant hairy scorpion genus Hadrurus.'' Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, , ]
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Taxonomy
''Hadrurus hirsutus'' was given the
protonym
In the scientific name of organisms, basionym or basyonym means the original name on which a new name is based; the author citation of the new name should include the authors of the basionym in parentheses. The term "basionym" is used in both botan ...
''Buthus hirsutus'' by Wood in 1863.
Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Swedish arachnologist.
Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Octaviu ...
placed it in the genus ''
Hadrurus
''Hadrurus'' is a genus of scorpions which belongs to the family Caraboctonidae. They are found in sandy deserts and other xeric habitats in northwestern Mexico and in southwest United States. They are among the largest of all scorpion genera, o ...
'' in 1876.
[Thorell, 1876 : ''On the classification of Scorpions.'' Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4, , ]
original text
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Original publication
* Wood, 1863: ''Descriptions of new species of North American Pedipalpi.'' Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, ,
original text.
External links
The Scorpion Files: Jan Ove Rein, Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology*
References
Caraboctonidae
Scorpions of North America
Animals described in 1863
Fauna of the Baja California Peninsula
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