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Lychas mjobergi

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Lychas mjobergi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Lychas
Species:
L. mjobergi
Binomial name
Lychas mjobergi

Lychas mjobergi is a species of scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1916 by German naturalist Karl Kraepelin following the collection of specimen material from the Kimberley region of Western Australia by Swedish zoologist Eric Mjöberg, for which the species was named.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kraepelin, K (1916). "Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 4. Scolopendriden und Scorpione". Arkiv för Zoologi. 10 (2): 1–43.