Isometrus maculatus

Lesser brown scorpion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Isometrus
Species:
I. maculatus
Binomial name
Isometrus maculatus
(De Geer, 1778)
Synonyms
  • Scorpio maculatus De Geer, 1778
  • Isometrus maculatus Kraepelin, 1899
  • Isometrus (Isometrus) maculatus Vachon, 1972

Isometrus maculatus, commonly as the lesser brown scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae. Its distribution is pantropical; it is an introduced species in Hawaii.

Description

Total length is about 30 to 75 mm.

The venom of Isometrus maculatus contains the toxins ImKTX58 and ImKTx88.

See also

References

  1. ↑ De Geer, 1778 : Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Insectes: bibliothèque du muséum d'histoire naturelle cinquième mémoire. Des scorpions et fauxscorpions. Stockholm, vol. 7, p. 325-350
  2. 1 2 Julian R. Yates III (1993). "Isometrus maculatus (De Geer)". Urban Knowledge Master, EXTension ENTOmology & UH-CTAHR Integrated Pest Management Program. University of Hawaii. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Charles University; Kovařík, František; Lowe, Graeme; Monell Chemical Senses Center; Ranawana, Kithsiri B.; University of Peradeniya; Hoferek, David; Jayarathne, V. A. Sanjeewa; University of Peradeniya (2016). "Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat. n". Euscorpius. pp. 1–133. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  4. ↑ "Notes on the postembryonic development of two species of Isometrus Ehrenberg (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Sri Lanka" (PDF). zobodat. Retrieved 2021-08-31.