Scorpio maurus

Scorpio maurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Scorpiones Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia: Scorpionidae
Subfamilia: Scorpioninae
Genus: Scorpio
Species: Scorpio maurus
Subspecies: S. m. arabicus – S. m. behringsi – S. m. maurus – S. m. legionis – S. m. stemmli – S. m. townsendi – S. m. trarasensis – S. m. yemenensis

Name

Scorpio maurus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymy

• Buthus palmatus Ehrenberg, 1828
• Buthus fuscus Ehrenberg, 1829
• Buthus palmatus flavus Ehrenberg, 1829
• Buthus palmatus rufus Ehrenberg, 1829
• Scorpio testaceus C.L. Koch, 1838
• Heterometrus propinquus Simon, 1872
• Scorpio palmatus minor Simon, 1872
• Scorpio maurus berytensis Simon, 1884
• Heterometrus arabicus Pocock, 1900
• Heterometrus townsendi Pocock, 1900

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii Reference page. 
• David, D., 2012: A Seven-Legged Scorpion: the First Teratological Leg Absence Found in Scorpio maurus fuscus (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae). Euscorpius, Occasional Publications in Scorpiology, 151: 1–4.

Vernacular names

• English: Large-clawed Scorpion, Israeli gold scorpion
• Türkçe: Kalın kıskaçlı akrep

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