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:
- Urodacus armatus <small>Pocock, 1888</small>
- Urodacus butleri <small>Volschenk, Harvey & Prendini, 2012</small>
- Urodacus carinatus <small>Hirst, 1911</small>
- Urodacus centralis <small>L. E. Koch, 1977</small>
- Urodacus elongatus <small>L. E. Koch, 1977</small>
- Urodacus excellens <small>Pocock, 1888</small>
- Urodacus giulianii <small>L. E. Koch, 1977</small>
- Urodacus hartmeyeri <small>Kraepelin, 1908</small>
- Urodacus hoplurus <small>Pocock, 1898</small>
- Urodacus koolanensis <small>L. E. Koch, 1977</small>
- Urodacus lowei <small>L. E. Koch, 1977</small>
- Urodacus lunatus <small>Buzatto et al., 2023</small>
- Urodacus macrurus <small>Pocock, 1899</small>
- Urodacus manicatus <small>(Thorell, 1876)</small>
- Urodacus mckenziei <small>Volschenk, Smith & Harvey, 2000</small>
- Urodacus megamastigus <small>L. E. Koch, 1977</small>
- Urodacus novaehollandiae <small>Peters, 1861</small>
- Urodacus planimanus <small>Pocock, 1893</small>
- Urodacus similis <small>L. E. Koch, 1977</small>
- Urodacus spinatus <small>Pocock, 1902</small>
- Urodacus uncinus <small>Buzatto et al., 2023</small>
- Urodacus varians <small>Glauert, 1963</small>
- Urodacus yaschenkoi <small>(Birula, 1903)</small>
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