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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Vaejovidae

Scorpion
Pseudouroctonus apacheanus

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Probable <i>Pseudouroctonus apacheanus</i>

Scorpion tentatively identified as Pseudouroctonus apacheanus. Photograph by Kari McWest.

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Geographic Range

Rare. Pseudouroctonus apacheanus is found in southern Arizona and New Mexico; southern Trans-Pecos Texas southeast to near Del Rio; also adjacent northern Mexico.

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Literature Cited

 

Polis, G. A. 1990. The biology of scorpions. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA.

Web Resources

Scorpions of the Chihuahuan Desert

Scorpions of Texas

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Aaron Bodor, June 2006.

A.H. Harris, Last Update: 4 Jul 2006.