''Isometrus thurstoni'' is a species 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 end ...

in the family Buthidae. The newly discovered Isometrus species, ''

Isometrus kovariki ''Isometrus kovariki'' is a species of scorpion in the family ''Buthidae''. It was identified in and currently found only in a small region of Southern Karnataka, in an '' Acacia auriculiformis'' plantation, and it is closely related to '' Isomet ...

'', from the Western Ghats region of

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, is closely related.Sulakhe, Shauri & Dandekar, Nikhil & Mukherjee, Shomen & Pandey, Malay & Ketkar, Makarand & Padhye, Anand & Bastawade, Deshabhushan. (2020). A new species of Isometrus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from southern India. 310. 1-13.

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