Kochius
Appearance
Kochius | |
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Kochius punctipalpi, Baja California Sur, 2015 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Vaejovidae |
Subfamily: | Syntropinae |
Genus: | Kochius Soleglad & Fet, 2008 |
Species[1] | |
Kochius is a genus of scorpions.[2] Kochius scorpions are found in southwestern North America.[3] The genus was first described in 2008 by Michael E. Soleglad and Victor Fet.[4]
Taxonomy
[edit]Kochius contains the following species:
- Kochius barbatus (Williams, 1971)
- Kochius bruneus (Williams, 1970)
- Kochius cerralvensis (Williams, 1971)
- Kochius colluvius Ayrey, Jones & Myers, 2019
- Kochius hirsuticauda (Banks, 1910)
- Kochius insularis (Williams, 1970)
- Kochius magdalensis (Williams, 1971)
- Kochius punctipalpi (Wood, 1863)
- Kochius sonorae (Williams, 1971)
- Kochius villosus (Williams, 1971)
References
[edit]- ^ "Kochius". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Citizen science observations for Kochius at iNaturalist
- ^ "Kochius Soleglad et Fet 2008, gen. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ Soleglad, Michael E.; Fet, Victor; Marshall University (2008). "Contributions to scorpion systematics. III. Subfamilies Smeringurinae and Syntropinae (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae)". Euscorpius. 2008 (71): 1–115. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2008.vol2008.iss71.1.