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.
| Isometroides angusticaudus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Isometroides |
| Species: | I. angusticaudus
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| Binomial name | |
| Isometroides angusticaudus Keyserling, 1885[1]
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Description
editThis 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
editThe species has been recorded from South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.[3]
Behaviour
editThe scorpions are specialised nocturnal predators of trapdoor spiders, and are often found in the vacant burrows of their prey.[2]
References
edit- ^ Koch, Ludwig CC; Keyserling, E von (1885). Die Arachniden Australiens. Vol. 2. Nürnberg: Bauer und Raspe. pp. 1–51.
- ^ a b Mark A. Newton (2016). "Isometroides angusticaudus Keyserling, 1885". The Spiral Burrow – Australian Scorpions. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "Isometroides angusticaudus Keyserling, 1885". Atlas of Living Australia. ALA. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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