Isometrus maculatus
| Lesser Brown Scorpion, Isometrus maculatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Isometrus |
| Species: | I. maculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Isometrus maculatus (DeGeer, 1778) | |
Isometrus maculatus is a species of scorpion in the Buthidae family, commonly called in English the 'Lesser Brown Scorpion'.[1] Its distribution is pantropical; it is an introduced species in Hawai'i.[1]
References
- De Geer, 1778 : Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Insectes: bibliothèque du muséum d'histoire naturelle cinquième mémoire. Des scorpions et fauxscorpions. Stockholm, vol. 7, p. 325-350.
- 1 2 U. of Hawaii Extension EXTension ENTOmology & UH-CTAHR Integrated Pest Management Program Knowledge Master, accessed 8/2013 http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/urban/site/scorp.htm ♙
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