Hadogenes soutpansbergensis is a scorpion species endemic to South Africa in the bicolor group of the genus Hadogenes.[1] It is named after the Soutpansberg mountain range where it was found.[2]
| Hadogenes soutpansbergensis | |
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| Adult female in the Soutpansberg, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Hormuridae |
| Genus: | Hadogenes |
| Species: | H. soutpansbergensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hadogenes soutpansbergensis Prendini, 2006
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Taxonomic history
editThe species was formally described in 2006, although Prendini first collected a pair of adults of this species in 1990.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Prendini 2006, p. 2.
- ^ Prendini 2006, p. 24.
Works cited
edit- Prendini, Lorenzo (2006). "New South African Flat Rock Scorpions (Liochelidae, Hadogenes)". American Museum Novitates (3502): 1–32. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)502[0001:NSAFRS]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5681.
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