''Paruroctonus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family
Vaejovidae
Vaejovidae is a family 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 for ...
. There are about 10 described species in ''Paruroctonus''.
Species
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Paruroctonus becki
''Paruroctonus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Vaejovidae. There are about 10 described species in ''Paruroctonus''.
Species
* '' Paruroctonus becki'' (Gertsch & Allred, 1965)
* ''Paruroctonus boreus
''Paruroctonus boreus'', commonly ...
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(Gertsch & Allred, 1965)
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Paruroctonus boreus
''Paruroctonus boreus'', commonly known as the ''northern scorpion'', is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae. Ranging from Arizona to Canada.
Distribution
Can be as far north as 52° N. Several anecdotal reports show them found ne ...
'' (northern scorpion)
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Paruroctonus conclusus
''Paruroctonus conclusus'' is a species of scorpion in the genus '' Paruroctonus''. It lives in the deserts of Southern California where it associates with alkali clay soils in the Mojave Desert area of eastern Kern County. ''P. conclusus'' is an ...
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(Jain & Forbes, 2022)
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Paruroctonus gracilior''
(Hoffmann, 1931) (Chihuahuan slender-tailed scorpion)
* ''
Paruroctonus luteolus'' (golden dwarf sand scorpion)
* ''
Paruroctonus pecos''
(Sissom & Francke, 1981)
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Paruroctonus silvestrii'' (California common scorpion)
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Paruroctonus soda''
(Jain & Forbes, 2022)
* ''
Paruroctonus utahensis''
(Williams, 1968) (eastern sand scorpion)
* ''
Paruroctonus variabilis''
Hjelle, 1982
References
* 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.
Vaejovidae
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