Urodacus
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.[1] Its species are native to Australia, and dig burrows.[2] The genus was placed in its own family in 2000. Before this, the group had been a subfamily Urodacinae within the family Scorpionidae.[3]
| Urodacus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Urodacidae |
| Genus: | Urodacus Peters, 1861[1] |
| Type species | |
| Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters, 1861 | |
References
- Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (12 February 2010). "Genus Urodacus Peters, 1861". Australian Biological Resources Study: Australian Faunal Directory. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- http://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/A%20COMPARATIVE%20STUDY%20OF%20THE%20STRUCTURE,%20FUNCTION%20AND%20ADAPTATION%20TO%20DIFFERENT%20HABITATS%20OF%20BURROWS%20IN%20THE%20SCORPION%20GENUS%20URODAC.pdf
- Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (9 October 2013). "Family Urodacidae". Australian Biological Resources Study: Australian Faunal Directory. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
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