Apistobuthus pterygocercus

Apistobuthus pterygocercus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Apistobuthus
Species: A. pterygocercus
Binomial name
Apistobuthus pterygocercus
Finnegan, 1932

Apistobuthus pterygocercus is a species of scorpion that lives on the Arabian Peninsula.[1] It is a highly venomous species, and is therefore of medical importance.[1] It was first described in Susan Finnegan in 1932.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 William H. Robinson (2005). "Arthropoda". Handbook of Urban Insects and Arachnids. Cambridge University Press. pp. 389–440. ISBN 978-0-521-81253-5.
  2. Susan Finnegan (1932). "Report on the scorpions collected by Mr. Bertram Thomas in Arabia". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 38 (258): 91–98. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1932.tb00695.x.
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