Liocheles australasiae

Liocheles australasiae
Liocheles australasiae from Enggano Island. Museum specimens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Hormuridae
Genus:	Liocheles
Species:	L. australasiae
Binomial name
Liocheles australasiae (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Buthus brevicaudatusRainbow, 1897 Hormurus australasiae suspectus Thorell, 1888 Hormurus boholiensisKraepelin, 1914 Ischnurus complanatusC.L. Koch, 1838 Ischnurus pistaceusSimon, 1877 Scorpio australasiaeFabricius, 1775 Scorpio cumingiiGervais, 1844 Scorpio gracilicaudaGuérin-Meneville, 1843

Liocheles australasiae, the dwarf wood scorpion, is a species of scorpion belonging to the family Hormuridae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Distribution

A live individual of Liocheles australasiae

This species is present in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Yaeyama Islands (Japan), China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Mariana Islands, Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and French Polynesia. ^{[5] [6]}

Description

This small scorpion has the total length of 22 to 36 mm. ^{[6] [7]}

Most of the populations are parthenogenetic, meaning they can produce young without males. ^[8]

Bibliography

• Yamazaki K, Yahata H, Kobayashi N, Makioka T. Egg maturation and parthenogenetic recovery of diploidy in the scorpion Liocheles australasiae (Fabricius) (Scorpions, ischnuridae).
• TOSHIKI MAKIOKA Reproductive biology of the viviparous scorpion, Liocheles australasiae (Fabricius) (Arachnida, Scorpiones, Ischnuridae) IV. Pregnancy in females isolated from infancy, with notes on juvenile stage duration
• Fabricius, 1775 : Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis, synonymis, locis descriptionibus observationibus. Flensburg and Lipsiae.
• Monod, 2011 : Taxonomic emendations in the genus Liocheles Sundevall, 1833 (Scorpiones, Liochelidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie, vol. 118, no 4, p. 723-758.

See also

• Lesser brown scorpion

References

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