Western Australian Burrowing Scorpion Urodacus planimanus Pocock, 1893
Fauna Portal species: 10211
Urodacus planimanus female, dorsal (HBI 16184-1; Wungong Dam, west of carpark, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12474Diagnosis
(after Koch 1977): Distinguished from U. nouaehollandiae by flat hands and terminal spines of tail segments, and from U. armatus by large size, dark coloration, and hand measurements.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1977): The taxonomy, geographic distribution and evolutionary radiation of Australo-Papuan scorpions. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 5: 83 - 367WEB