Urodacus is a genus of scorpion belonging to the family Urodacidae. It was described by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters in 1861. The type species is U. novaehollandiae.[1] Its species are native to Australia, and dig burrows.[2] The genus was placed in its own family in 2000. Before this, the group had been a subfamily Urodacinae within the family Scorpionidae.[3] There are likely many undescribed, cryptic species within the genus.[4]
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| Urodacus yaschenkoi photographed in the Riverland, South Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Urodacidae |
| Genus: | Urodacus Peters, 1861[1] |
| Type species | |
| Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters, 1861
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Species
editUrodacus contains the following species:[5]
- Urodacus armatus Pocock, 1888
- Urodacus butleri Volschenk, Harvey & Prendini, 2012
- Urodacus carinatus Hirst, 1911
- Urodacus centralis L. E. Koch, 1977
- Urodacus elongatus L. E. Koch, 1977
- Urodacus excellens Pocock, 1888
- Urodacus giulianii L. E. Koch, 1977
- Urodacus hartmeyeri Kraepelin, 1908
- Urodacus hoplurus Pocock, 1898
- Urodacus koolanensis L. E. Koch, 1977
- Urodacus lowei L. E. Koch, 1977
- Urodacus lunatus Buzatto et al., 2023
- Urodacus macrurus Pocock, 1899
- Urodacus manicatus (Thorell, 1876)
- Urodacus mckenziei Volschenk, Smith & Harvey, 2000
- Urodacus megamastigus L. E. Koch, 1977
- Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters, 1861
- Urodacus planimanus Pocock, 1893
- Urodacus similis L. E. Koch, 1977
- Urodacus spinatus Pocock, 1902
- Urodacus uncinus Buzatto et al., 2023
- Urodacus varians Glauert, 1963
- Urodacus yaschenkoi (Birula, 1903)
References
edit- ^ a b c Australian Biological Resources Study. "Genus Urodacus Peters, 1861". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ Koch, L. E. (1978). "A comparative study of the structure, function and adaptation to different habitats of burrows in the scorpion genus Urodacus (Scorpionida, Scorpionidae)" (PDF). WA Museum Records and Supplements: 119. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2022 – via Western Australian Museum.
- ^ Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (9 October 2013). "Family Urodacidae". Australian Biological Resources Study: Australian Faunal Directory. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ Buzatto, Bruno A.; Clark, Huon L.; Harvey, Mark S.; Volschenk, Erich S. (3 November 2023). Cooper, Steven (ed.). "Two new species of burrowing scorpions (Urodacidae: Urodacus) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia with identical external morphology†". Australian Journal of Zoology. 71 (1). doi:10.1071/ZO23018. ISSN 0004-959X.
- ^ Rein, J.O. (2022). "Scorpionidae Latreille, 1802". The Scorpion Files. Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2022.