Hairy-tail Litter Scorpion
Lychas
FP-410
Discoverer: E.S. Volschenk
Fauna Portal species: 410
Lychas FP-410 female, dorsal (HBI N5284-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12454Diagnosis
Lychas FP-410 is the only species of the hairy-tail complex on Barrow Island. Pending molecular analyses of the island population, these may turn out to be conspecific with other species of the complex (i.e. Lychas FP-13186).
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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