Uroctonus mordax mordax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoscorpionina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Scorpiones Subordo: Neoscorpionina

Familia: Chactidae
Genus: Uroctonus
Species: Uroctonus mordax
Subspecies: Uroctonus mordax mordax

Name

Uroctonus mordax mordax Thorell, 1876: 11

Type locality: San Francisco, California, USA.

Lectotype: NRS. female ♀. NRS 59b. (designated by Hjelle, 1972: 15)

Synonymy

• Vejovis yosemitensis Ewing, 1928: 11 (synonymized by Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972: 568)
  • Type locality: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley, California, USA.
    • Holotype: USNM. male ♂.
• Uroctonus mordax canaliculatus Karsch, 1879: 103. (synonymized by Sissom, 2000).
  • Type locality: California, USA.
    • Holotype: ZMB. male ♂. ZMB 15.

References

Primary references

• Thorell, T.T.T. 1876. I.—On the classification of Scorpions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4(17): 1–15. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gertsch, W.J. & Soleglad, M.E. 1972. Studies of North American scorpions of the genera Uroctonus and Vejovis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 148(4): 549–608. Reference page. 
• Karsch, F. 1879c. Scorpionologische Beiträge. Part II. Mitteilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins 3: 97–136. Reference page. 
• Soleglad, M.E. & Fet, V.Y. 2004. The systematics of the scorpion subfamily Uroctoninae (Scorpiones: Chactidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 10: 81−128. Reference page.