Cercophonius
Sign in to saveCercophonius is a genus of six species of Australian scorpions, often termed wood scorpions, in the family Bothriuridae.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 596
- Family
- Bothriuridae
- Collections
- NMV, AM, QM, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- Parent taxon
- Bothriuridae
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- Cercophonius squama.jpg
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Cercophonius is a genus of six species of Australian scorpions, often termed wood scorpions, in the family Bothriuridae.
==Species== Cercophonius granulosus Kraepelin, 1908 Cercophonius kershawi Glauert, 1930 - mallee wood scorpion Cercophonius michaelseni Kraepelin, 1908 Cercophonius queenslandae Acosta, 1990 Cercophonius squama (Gervais, 1843) - wood scorpion, forest scorpion Cercophonius sulcatus Kraepelin, 1908 - western wood scorpion
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