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Reddyanus melanodactylus

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Reddyanus melanodactylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Reddyanus
Species:
R. melanodactylus
Binomial name
Reddyanus melanodactylus
(L.Koch, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lychas melanodactylus L. Koch, 1867
  • Isometrus melanodactylus L.Koch, 1867
  • Isometrus gracilis Thorell, 1877
  • Isometrus papuensis Werner, 1916
  • Isometrus melanodactylus inflatus Glauert, 1925

Reddyanus melanodactylus is a species of scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is native to Australia, and was first described by German arachnologist Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1867.

Distribution

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The species is found mainly in eastern Queensland, extending into northern New South Wales at the southern end of its range.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Koch, L (1867). "Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 17: 239.
  2. ^ Mark A. Newton (2016). "Isometrus melanodactylus". The Spiral Burrow – Australian Scorpions. Retrieved 31 January 2023.