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Two new species of burrowing scorpions (Urodacidae: Urodacus) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia with identical external morphology
Australian journal of zoology, Vol.71(1), 23018
2023
Abstract
Two new species of urodacid scorpion are described from the Pilbara region in Western Australia, where they are both patchily distributed along creek lines in the north-east of the region. Urodacus uncinus sp. nov. and Urodacus lunatus sp. nov. are indistinguishable based on external morphology: adults are medium-sized, yellow burrowing scorpions with remarkable sexual dimorphism in the telson, in which males have a uniquely swollen vesicle and an aculeus that is more strongly curved than other known species of Urodacus. The species are superficially similar to Urodacus similis L.E. Koch, 1977 and Urodacus yaschenkoi Birula, 1903 in the morphology of the first four metasomal segments, which are extremely short and not much longer than high. The two new species can only be discerned from each other based on the morphology of their hemispermatophores, which highlights the extremely conserved morphology of species in the genus and suggests that many new species await description with careful examination of their genitalia.
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- Title
- Two new species of burrowing scorpions (Urodacidae: Urodacus) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia with identical external morphology
- Authors/Creators
- Bruno A. Buzatto - The University of Western AustraliaHuon L. Clark - Bennelongia Environm Consultants, 5 Bishop St, Jolimont, WA 6014, AustraliaMark S. Harvey - Australian MuseumErich S. Volschenk - Murdoch University, Harry Butler Institute
- Publication Details
- Australian journal of zoology, Vol.71(1), 23018
- Publisher
- Csiro Publishing
- Number of pages
- 18
- Grant note
- Net Conservation Benefits grant
- Identifiers
- 991005631769907891
- Copyright
- © 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)).
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Harry Butler Institute
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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