A new species of Urodacus (Scorpiones, Urodacidae) from Western Australia. (American Museum novitates, no. 3748)

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2012-06-25

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Abstract

A new urodacid scorpion, Urodacus butleri, n. sp., is described from Barrow Island and the Pilbara bioregion of Western Australia. This species is unusually dark in color; it is compared and contrasted with three morphologically similar species, Urodacus manicatus (Thorell, 1876), Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters, 1861, and Urodacus planimanus Pocock, 1893.

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18 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 26 cm.

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Urodacus butleri., Scorpions., Western Australia., Australia.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2246/6181

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American Museum Novitates