Urodacus

Urodacus
	Urodacus yaschenkoi photographed in the Riverland, South Australia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Urodacidae
Genus:	Urodacus; Peters, 1861
Type species
	Urodacus novaehollandiae; Peters, 1861
Synonyms
	Hemihoplopus Birula, 1903; Ioctonus Thorell, 1876; Iodacus Pocock, 1891;

Urodacus is a genus of scorpion belonging to the family Urodacidae. It was described by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters in 1861. The type species is U. novaehollandiae.^[1] Its species are native to Australia, and dig burrows.^[2] The genus was placed in its own family in 2000. Before this, the group had been a subfamily Urodacinae within the family Scorpionidae.^[3]

Species[edit]

Urodacus contains the following species:^[4]

Urodacus armatus Pocock, 1888
Urodacus butleri Volschenk, Harvey & Prendini, 2012
Urodacus carinatus Hirst, 1911
Urodacus centralis L. E. Koch, 1977
Urodacus elongatus L. E. Koch, 1977
Urodacus excellens Pocock, 1888
Urodacus giulianii L. E. Koch, 1977
Urodacus hartmeyeri Kraepelin, 1908
Urodacus hoplurus Pocock, 1898
Urodacus koolanensis L. E. Koch, 1977
Urodacus lowei L. E. Koch, 1977
Urodacus macrurus Pocock, 1899
Urodacus manicatus (Thorell, 1876)
Urodacus mckenziei Volschenk, Smith & Harvey, 2000
Urodacus megamastigus L. E. Koch, 1977
Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters, 1861
Urodacus planimanus Pocock, 1893
Urodacus similis L. E. Koch, 1977
Urodacus spinatus Pocock, 1902
Urodacus varians Glauert, 1963
Urodacus yaschenkoi (Birula, 1903)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Australian Biological Resources Study. "Genus Urodacus Peters, 1861". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ Koch, L. E. (1978). "A comparative study of the structure, function and adaptation to different habitats of burrows in the scorpion genus Urodacus (Scorpionida, Scorpionidae)" (PDF). WA Museum Records and Supplements: 119. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2022 – via Western Australian Museum.
^ Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (9 October 2013). "Family Urodacidae". Australian Biological Resources Study: Australian Faunal Directory. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
^ Rein, J.O. (2022). "Scorpionidae Latreille, 1802". The Scorpion Files. Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

[AFD-1] Australian Biological Resources Study. "Genus Urodacus Peters, 1861". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[2] Koch, L. E. (1978). "A comparative study of the structure, function and adaptation to different habitats of burrows in the scorpion genus Urodacus (Scorpionida, Scorpionidae)" (PDF). WA Museum Records and Supplements: 119. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2022 – via Western Australian Museum.

[AFDfam-3] Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (9 October 2013). "Family Urodacidae". Australian Biological Resources Study: Australian Faunal Directory. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

[scorpionfiles-4] Rein, J.O. (2022). "Scorpionidae Latreille, 1802". The Scorpion Files. Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

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