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Isometroides

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Isometroides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Superfamily: Buthoidea
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Isometroides
Keyserling, 1885[1]

Isometroides is a genus of scorpions in the Buthidae family with two species. It is endemic to, and found widely across, inland mainland Australia, and was first described by German arachnologist Eugen von Keyserling in 1885.

Species

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The genus has sometimes been considered monotypic, with I. angusticaudus a synonym of I. vescus.[2]

Distribution and habitat

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Found across much of inland Australia, the scorpions occur in woodland and semi-arid country.[2]

Behaviour

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The scorpions are specialised predators of burrowing spiders.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Koch, Ludwig CC; Keyserling, E von (1885). Die Arachniden Australiens. Vol. 2. Nürnberg: Bauer und Raspe. pp. 1–51.
  2. ^ a b c Main, BY (1956). "Taxonomy and biology of the genus Isometroides Keyserling (Scorpionida)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 4 (2): 158–164. doi:10.1071/ZO9560158.