Hadrurus hirsutus

Hadrurus hirsutus, also known as the desert hairy scorpion,^[1] is a species of scorpion in the Hadruridae family. It was first described by Horatio C. Wood Jr. in 1863.^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to the state of Baja California Sur in Mexico.^[3]

The male specimen described by Williams in 1970 measured 107.4 mm, and the female specimen measured 98.7 mm.^[4]

Hadrurus hirsutus was given the protonym Buthus hirsutus by Wood in 1863. Tamerlan Thorell placed it in the genus Hadrurus in 1876.^[5]

Wood, 1863: Descriptions of new species of North American Pedipalpi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 15, p. 107-112 (original text).

^ Gurley, Russ; Brough, Clarice. "Desert Hairy Scorpion". Animal-World. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ Wood, 1863 : Descriptions of new species of North American Pedipalpi.Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 15, p. 107-112 (original text).
^ Fet, Sissom, Lowe & Braunwalder, 2000 : Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). New York Entomological Society, p. 1-690.
^ Williams, 1970 : A systematic revision of the giant hairy scorpion genus Hadrurus. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, No. 87, p. 1–62 (original text).
^ Thorell, 1876 : On the classification of Scorpions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4, vol. 4, p. 1-15 (original text).

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