Reddyanus melanodactylus
Appearance
Reddyanus melanodactylus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Buthidae |
Genus: | Reddyanus |
Species: | R. melanodactylus
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Binomial name | |
Reddyanus melanodactylus | |
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Reddyanus melanodactylus is a species of scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is native to Australia, and was first described by German arachnologist Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1867.
Distribution
[edit]The species is found mainly in eastern Queensland, extending into northern New South Wales at the southern end of its range.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Koch, L (1867). "Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 17: 239.
- ^ Mark A. Newton (2016). "Isometrus melanodactylus". The Spiral Burrow – Australian Scorpions. Retrieved 31 January 2023.