Hemilychas
| Hemilychas | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Hemilychas Hirst, 1911 |
| Species: | H. alexandrinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemilychas alexandrinus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hemilychas is a monotypic genus of scorpions in the Buthidae family. Its sole species is Hemilychas alexandrinus. It occurs widely across mainland Australia and was first described by Arthur Stanley Hirst in 1911.
Description
[edit]The scorpions are small and slender, growing to a maximum length of about 40 mm.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Hirst, NA (1911). "Descriptions of new Scorpions". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 8. 8 (46): 462–473. doi:10.1080/00222931108693056.
- ↑ Mark A. Newton (2016). "Hemilychas alexandrinus". The Spiral Burrow – Australian Scorpions. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
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Categories:
- Buthidae
- Scorpions of Australia
- Endemic fauna of Australia
- Arthropods of New South Wales
- Arthropods of the Northern Territory
- Arachnids of Queensland
- Arthropods of South Australia
- Arthropods of Victoria (state)
- Arachnids of Western Australia
- Monotypic arachnid genera
- Taxa described in 1911
- Taxa named by Arthur Stanley Hirst
- Scorpion genera
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