Hemilychas
Genus of scorpion
Hemilychas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Buthidae |
Genus: | Hemilychas Hirst, 1911 |
Species: | H. alexandrinus |
Binomial name | |
Hemilychas alexandrinus (Hirst, 1911)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Hemilychas is a monotypic genus of scorpions in the Buthidae family. Its sole species is Hemilychas alexandrinus. It occurs widely across mainland Australia and was first described by Arthur Stanley Hirst in 1911.
Description
The scorpions are small and slender, growing to a maximum length of about 40 mm.[2]
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