''Uroctonus'' is a genus of
forest 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 at least four described species in ''Uroctonus''.
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Species
These four species belong to the genus ''Uroctonus'':
* '' Uroctonus franckei'' Williams, 1986
* '' Uroctonus grahami'' Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972
* ''Uroctonus mordax
''Uroctonus mordax'', known generally as the California forest scorpion or western forest scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae. Most notably, this species is almost entirely restricted to California’s Redwood Forests and ...
'' Thorell, 1876 (California forest scorpion)
* '' Uroctonus privus'' Karsch, 1879
References
Further reading
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Vaejovidae
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