Hadrurus hirsutus

Hadrurus hirsutus, also known as the desert hairy scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the Hadruridae family. It was first described by Horatio C. Wood Jr. in 1863.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the state of Baja California Sur in Mexico.

Description

The male specimen described by Williams in 1970 measured 107.4 mm, and the female specimen measured 98.7 mm.

Taxonomy

Hadrurus hirsutus was given the protonym Buthus hirsutus by Wood in 1863. Tamerlan Thorell placed it in the genus Hadrurus in 1876.

Original publication

• Wood, 1863: Descriptions of new species of North American Pedipalpi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, , (original text).

References

External links

• The Scorpion Files: Jan Ove Rein, Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology