Urodacus

Urodacus is a genus of scorpion belonging to the family Urodacidae. It was described by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters in 1861. The type species is U. novaehollandiae. Its species are native to Australia, and dig burrows. The genus was placed in its own family in 2000. Before this, the group had been a subfamily Urodacinae within the family Scorpionidae. There are likely many undescribed, cryptic species within the genus.

== Species == Urodacus contains the following species: Urodacus armatus Pocock, 1888 Urodacus butleri Volschenk, Harvey & Prendini, 2012 Urodacus carinatus Hirst, 1911 Urodacus centralis L. E. Koch, 1977 Urodacus elongatus L. E. Koch, 1977 Urodacus excellens Pocock, 1888 Urodacus giulianii L. E. Koch, 1977 Urodacus hartmeyeri Kraepelin, 1908 Urodacus hoplurus Pocock, 1898 Urodacus koolanensis L. E. Koch, 1977 Urodacus lowei L. E. Koch, 1977 Urodacus lunatus Buzatto et al., 2023 Urodacus macrurus Pocock, 1899 Urodacus manicatus (Thorell, 1876) Urodacus mckenziei Volschenk, Smith & Harvey, 2000 Urodacus megamastigus L. E. Koch, 1977 Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters, 1861 Urodacus planimanus Pocock, 1893 Urodacus similis L. E. Koch, 1977 Urodacus spinatus Pocock, 1902 Urodacus uncinus Buzatto et al., 2023 Urodacus varians Glauert, 1963 Urodacus yaschenkoi (Birula, 1903)