Scorpiops luridus

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Scorpiops luridus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Euscorpiidae
Genus: Scorpiops
Species:
S. luridus
Binomial name
Scorpiops luridus
Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005

Scorpiops luridus is a species of scorpion in the Euscorpiidae family, first found in Tibet and Yunnan, China. [1]

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References

  1. Qi, Jian-Xin, Ming-Sheng Zhu, and Wilson R. Lourenço. "Eight new species of the genera Scorpiops Peters, Euscorpiops Vachon, and Chaerilus Simon (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Chaerilidae) from Tibet and Yunnan, China."Euscorpius 2005.32 (2015): 1-40.

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