Hemilychas is a monotypic genus of scorpions in the Buthidae family. Its sole species is Hemilychas alexandrinus. It occurs widely across mainland Australia and was first described by Arthur Stanley Hirst in 1911.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Hemilychas Hirst, 1911 |
| Species: | H. alexandrinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemilychas alexandrinus | |
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Description
editThe scorpions are small and slender, growing to a maximum length of about 40 mm.[2]
References
edit- ^ Hirst, NA (1911). "Descriptions of new Scorpions". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 8. 8 (46): 462–473. doi:10.1080/00222931108693056.
- ^ Mark A. Newton (2016). "Hemilychas alexandrinus". The Spiral Burrow – Australian Scorpions. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
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