- Opisthacanthus rugiceps
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Opisthacanthus rugiceps 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Scorpiones Family: Hemiscorpiidae Genus: Opisthacanthus Subgenus: Nepabellus Species: O. rugiceps Binomial name Opisthacanthus rugiceps
Pocock, 1897Opisthacanthus rugiceps is a species of African scorpion.
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Distribution
O. rugiceps is found in East Africa, and extends further than 15° south only in Malawi.[1]
Systematics
O. rugiceps belongs to the "asper group" in the subgenus Nepabellus of the genus Opisthacanthus in the family Hemiscorpiidae.[2]
References
- ^ Lorenzo Prendini (2005). "Scorpion diversity and distribution in southern Africa: pattern and process". In Bernhard A. Huber, Bradley J. Sinclair, K.-H. Lampe. African Biodiversity: Molecules, Organisms, Ecosystems. Springer. pp. 25–68. doi:10.1007/0-387-24320-8_2. ISBN 9780387243153. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6Yr_OJsU_aYC&pg=PA67. (PDF: Part 1, Part 2)
- ^ Wilson R. Lourenço & Nelson F. Fé (2003). "Description of a new species of Opisthacanthus Peters (Scorpiones, Liochelidae) to Brazilian Amazonia" (PDF). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 8: 81–88. http://www.sea-entomologia.org/PDF/RIA_8/R08-014-081.pdf.
External links
- "Hemiscorpiidae". The Scorpion Files. http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/hemiscorpiidae2.php.
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