Goldfields Burrowing Scorpion Urodacus similis Koch, 1977
Fauna Portal species: 14932
Diagnosis
(after L.E. Koch 1977): Distinguishable from all other Urodacus species by the extreme shortness of the first four tail segments which are each not much longer than high.
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