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Isometroides angusticaudus

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Isometroides angusticaudus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Isometroides
Species:
I. angusticaudus
Binomial name
Isometroides angusticaudus

Isometroides angusticaudus, also known as the slender spider-hunting scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is native to Australia, and was first described by German arachnologist Eugen von Keyserling in 1885.

Description

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This species grows to about 30 mm in length, smaller than the otherwise very similar I. vescus, with which it was once synonymised.[2]

Distribution and habitat

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The species has been recorded from South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.[3]

Behaviour

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The scorpions are specialised nocturnal predators of trapdoor spiders, and are often found in the vacant burrows of their prey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Koch, Ludwig CC; Keyserling, E von (1885). Die Arachniden Australiens. Vol. 2. Nürnberg: Bauer und Raspe. pp. 1–51.
  2. ^ a b Mark A. Newton (2016). "Isometroides angusticaudus Keyserling, 1885". The Spiral Burrow – Australian Scorpions. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Isometroides angusticaudus Keyserling, 1885". Atlas of Living Australia. ALA. Retrieved 31 January 2023.