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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Belisariidae |
| Genus: | Belisarius |
| Species: | B. xambeui |
| Binomial name | |
| Belisarius xambeui Simon, 1879 | |
Belisarius xambeui is a species of scorpion in the family Belisariidae. [1] It is endemic to the eastern Pyrenees. [2]
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