Hadrurus hirsutus, also known as the desert hairy scorpion,[1] is a species of scorpion in the Hadruridae family. It was first described by Horatio C. Wood Jr. in 1863.[2]

Hadrurus hirsutus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Hadruridae
Genus: Hadrurus
Species:
H. hirsutus
Binomial name
Hadrurus hirsutus
(Wood, 1863)

Distribution

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This species is endemic to the state of Baja California Sur in Mexico.[3]

Description

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The male specimen described by Williams in 1970 measured 107.4 mm, and the female specimen measured 98.7 mm.[4]

Taxonomy

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Hadrurus hirsutus was given the protonym Buthus hirsutus by Wood in 1863. Tamerlan Thorell placed it in the genus Hadrurus in 1876.[5]

Original publication

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  • Wood, 1863: Descriptions of new species of North American Pedipalpi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 15, p. 107-112 (original text).

References

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  1. ^ Gurley, Russ; Brough, Clarice. "Desert Hairy Scorpion". Animal-World. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Wood, 1863 : Descriptions of new species of North American Pedipalpi.Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 15, p. 107-112 (original text).
  3. ^ Fet, Sissom, Lowe & Braunwalder, 2000 : Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). New York Entomological Society, p. 1-690.
  4. ^ Williams, 1970 : A systematic revision of the giant hairy scorpion genus Hadrurus. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, No. 87, p. 1–62 (original text).
  5. ^ Thorell, 1876 : On the classification of Scorpions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4, vol. 4, p. 1-15 (original text).
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