Paruroctonus
Sign in to saveParuroctonus is a genus of scorpions in the family Vaejovidae. There are about 30 described species in Paruroctonus.
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- Specimen records
- 53
- Family
- Vaejovidae
- Collections
- INDRE-SSA, DMNS, UMNH, UNM, MCZ, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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Paruroctonus is a genus of scorpions in the family Vaejovidae. There are about 30 described species in Paruroctonus.
==Species== Parauroctonus arenicola (Haradon, 1984) Paruroctonus baergi (Williams & Hadley, 1967)(Sand Swimmer Scorpion) Parauroctonus bantai (Gertsch & Soleglad, 1966) 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) Paruroctonus luteolus (golden dwarf sand scorpion) Parauroctonus marksi (Haradon, 1984) Paruroctonus pecos (Sissom & Francke, 1981) Parauroctonus shulovi (Williams, 1970) 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)
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