Reddyanus melanodactylus
Reddyanus melanodactylus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Buthidae |
Genus: | Reddyanus |
Species: | R. melanodactylus |
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Reddyanus melanodactylus | |
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Reddyanus melanodactylus is a species of scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is native to Australia, and was first described by German arachnologist Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1867.
Distribution
The species is found mainly in eastern Queensland, extending into northern New South Wales at the southern end of its range.[2]
References
- ^ Koch, L (1867). "Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 17: 239.
- ^ Mark A. Newton (2016). "Isometrus melanodactylus". The Spiral Burrow – Australian Scorpions. Retrieved 31 January 2023.