''Paruroctonus silvestrii'', the California common scorpion, is a species of scorpion 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 ...
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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
Animals described in 1909
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