| Nebo hierichonticus | |
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| Museum specimen of Nebo hierichonticus from Israel | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Diplocentridae |
| Genus: | Nebo |
| Species: | N. hierichonticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nebo hierichonticus Simon, 1872 | |
Nebo hierichonticus, the common black scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Diplocentridae.
Nebo hierichonticus can reach a length of 14 cm (5.5 in). [1] Its basic color ranges from a light brown or reddish-brown to dark brown. Its legs are yellowish. It has a thin metasoma and large pedipalps and chelae. The base of the sting (vesicle) is oval, with a quite short sting (telson). Venom of this species is quite toxic, causing hemorrhage and necrosis, but the effects of the sting on humans is almost negligible, without any long-term effects.
This species occurs in the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and Palestine) and in Egypt in the Sinai Peninsula. It lives under the rocks and in self-dug deep caves in the deserts and in arid to semiarid mountainous regions.
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