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Uroctonus is a genus of forest scorpions in the family Vaejovidae. There are at least four described species in Uroctonus.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderScorpiones
  5. FamilyChactidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2
Family
Chactidae
Collections
FMNH, MCZ
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Vaejovidae
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taxon name
Uroctonus
taxon rank
genus
taxon common name
Forest Scorpions
endemic to
United States
Commons category
Uroctonus
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Uroctonus is a genus of forest scorpions in the family Vaejovidae. There are at least four described species in Uroctonus.

==Species== These four species belong to the genus Uroctonus: Uroctonus franckei Williams, 1986 Uroctonus grahami Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972 Uroctonus mordax Thorell, 1876 (California forest scorpion) Uroctonus privus Karsch, 1879

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