Urodacus
Genus of scorpions
Urodacus genus of scorpion belonging to the family Urodacidae . It was described by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters in 1861. The type species is U. novaehollandiae [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Species
Urodacus contains the following species:[ 5]
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)
References
^ a b c Australian Biological Resources Study . "Genus Urodacus Peters, 1861" . Australian Faunal Directory Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water . Retrieved 12 January 2024 .^ Koch, L. E. (1978). "A comparative study of the structure, function and adaptation to different habitats of burrows in the scorpion genus Urodacus (Scorpionida, Scorpionidae)" (PDF) . WA Museum Records and Supplements : 119. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2022 – via Western Australian Museum. ^ Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (9 October 2013). "Family Urodacidae" . Australian Biological Resources Study: Australian Faunal Directory . Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2014 . ^ Buzatto, Bruno A.; Clark, Huon L.; Harvey, Mark S.; Volschenk, Erich S. (3 November 2023). Cooper, Steven (ed.). "Two new species of burrowing scorpions (Urodacidae: Urodacus) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia with identical external morphology†" . Australian Journal of Zoology . 71 (1). doi :10.1071/ZO23018 ISSN 0004-959X . ^ Rein, J.O. (2022). "Scorpionidae Latreille, 1802" . The Scorpion Files . Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet . Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2022 .
