Opisthacanthus rugiceps

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Opisthacanthus rugiceps
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Hormuridae
Genus: Opisthacanthus
Species:
O. rugiceps
Binomial name
Opisthacanthus rugiceps
Pocock, 1897

Opisthacanthus rugiceps is a species of African scorpion.

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Distribution

Opisthacanthus rugiceps is found in East Africa, and extends further than 15° south only in Malawi. [1]

Systematics

Opisthacanthus rugiceps belongs to the "asper group" in the subgenus Nepabellus of the genus Opisthacanthus in the family Hormuridae. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Lorenzo Prendini (2005). "Scorpion diversity and distribution in southern Africa: pattern and process". In Bernhard A. Huber; Bradley J. Sinclair; K.-H. Lampe (eds.). African Biodiversity: Molecules, Organisms, Ecosystems. Springer. pp. 25–68. doi:10.1007/0-387-24320-8_2. ISBN   978-0-387-24315-3. (PDF: Part 1, Part 2)
  2. ↑ Wilson R. Lourenço & Nelson F. Fé (2003). "Description of a new species of Opisthacanthus Peters (Scorpiones, Liochelidae) to Brazilian Amazonia" (PDF). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología . 8: 81–88.


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