''Kolotl'' is a genus of

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Diplocentridae Diplocentridae is a family of scorpions. The roughly 120 species are mostly native to the New World, except for genus '' Nebo'', which is distributed in the Middle East.Santibáñez-López, C. E.; Francke, O. F.; and Prendini, L. (2014)''Kolotl'' ...

'', native to Mexico. Named for the

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word for scorpion, they can be almost 10cm long.

Species

Currently accepted species include: *'' Kolotl magnus'' (Beutelspacher & López-Forment, 1991) *'' Kolotl poncei'' (Francke & Quijano-Ravell, 2009)

References

Diplocentridae Scorpion genera {{scorpion-stub