Urodacus

Urodacus
Urodacus yaschenkoi photographed in the Riverland, South Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Urodacidae
Genus: Urodacus
Peters, 1861
Type species
Urodacus novaehollandiae
Peters, 1861
Synonyms
  • Hemihoplopus Birula, 1903
  • Ioctonus Thorell, 1876
  • Iodacus Pocock, 1891

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:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Biological Resources Study. "Genus Urodacus Peters, 1861". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.