Uroctonus 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: U. m. mordax – U. m. pluridens

Name

Uroctonus 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 ♂.

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. 
• 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.