Hoplurus Burrowing Scorpion Urodacus hoplurus Pocock, 1898
Fauna Portal species: 14938
Diagnosis
(after L.E. Koch 1977): Distinguished from U. yaschenkoi by equal or practically equal leg claws, from U. armatus by large size and dark coloration, and generally from other Urodacus species by large rounded hands and shape of terminal spine of tail segments.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Northern Territory
- South 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