Paruroctonus silvestrii
| Paruroctonus silvestrii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Vaejovidae |
| Genus: | Paruroctonus |
| Species: | P. silvestrii |
| Binomial name | |
| Paruroctonus silvestrii (Borelli, 1909) | |
Paruroctonus silvestrii, also known as the California common scorpion and the stripe-tailed scorpion,[1] is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae.[2] This species is native to the coastal region of the Californias.[3] The stripe-tailed scorpion can be found in dry areas, where it creates and dwells in burrows.[1]
Most individuals are somewhat less than 45 mm (1.8 in) long.[1] It has skinny pinchers, and is generally "mottled dark gray-brown".[1] The name stripe-tailed scorpion is because it has four longitudinal brown lines on the ventral side of the tail.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Hogue, Charles L.; Hogue, James N. (2015). Insects of the Los Angeles Basin (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. p. 381. ISBN 978-0938644-44-6. OCLC 910654655.
- ^ "Paruroctonus silvestrii Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ "California common scorpion (Paruroctonus silvestrii)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- Ayrey R, Webber M (2013). "A new Vaejovis C.L. Koch, 1836, the second known vorhiesi group species from the Santa Catalina Mountains of Arizona (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae)". ZooKeys 270: 21-35.