Paruroctonus

Paruroctonus
Paruroctonus silvestrii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Vaejovidae
Genus:	Paruroctonus Werner, 1934

Paruroctonus is a genus of scorpions in the family Vaejovidae. There are about 30 described species in Paruroctonus. ^[1]

Species

• Parauroctonus arenicola (Haradon, 1984) ^[2]
• Paruroctonus baergi (Williams & Hadley, 1967) ^[2] (Sand Swimmer Scorpion)
• Parauroctonus bantai (Gertsch & Soleglad, 1966) ^[2]
• Paruroctonus becki (Gertsch & Allred, 1965)
• Paruroctonus boreus (northern scorpion)
• Paruroctonus conclusus Jain, Forbes & Esposito, 2022
• Paruroctonus gracilior (Hoffmann, 1931) (Chihuahuan slender-tailed scorpion)
• Parauroctonus hirsutipes (Williams & Hadley, 1967) ^[2]
• Paruroctonus luteolus (golden dwarf sand scorpion)
• Parauroctonus marksi (Haradon, 1984) ^[2]
• Paruroctonus pecos (Sissom & Francke, 1981)
• Parauroctonus shulovi (Williams, 1970) ^[2]
• Paruroctonus silvestrii (California common scorpion)
• Paruroctonus soda Jain, Forbes & Esposito, 2022
• Paruroctonus tulare Jain et al., 2023
• Paruroctonus utahensis (Williams, 1968) (eastern sand scorpion)
• Paruroctonus variabilis Hjelle, 1982
• Parauroctonus xanthus (Gertsch & Soleglad, 1966) ^[2]

References

1. "Paruroctonus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
2. "Two new alkali-sink specialist species of Paruroctonus Werner 1934 (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae) from central California".

• Ayrey R, Webber M (2013). "A new Vaejovis C.L. Koch, 1836, the second known vorhiesi group species from the Santa Catalina Mountains of Arizona (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae)". ZooKeys 270: 21–35.