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Hadrurus hirsutus, also known as the desert hairy scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the Hadruridae family. It was first described by Horatio C. Wood Jr. in 1863.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the state of Baja California Sur in Mexico.

The male specimen described by Williams in 1970 measured 107.4 mm, and the female specimen measured 98.7 mm.

Hadrurus hirsutus was given the protonym Buthus hirsutus by Wood in 1863. Tamerlan Thorell placed it in the genus Hadrurus in 1876.

Wood, 1863: Descriptions of new species of North American Pedipalpi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 15, p. 107-112 (original text).

Gurley, Russ; Brough, Clarice. "Desert Hairy Scorpion". Animal-World. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Wood, 1863 : Descriptions of new species of North American Pedipalpi.Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 15, p. 107-112 (original text).
Fet, Sissom, Lowe & Braunwalder, 2000 : Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). New York Entomological Society, p. 1-690.
Williams, 1970 : A systematic revision of the giant hairy scorpion genus Hadrurus. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, No. 87, p. 1–62 (original text).
Thorell, 1876 : On the classification of Scorpions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4, vol. 4, p. 1-15 (original text).

Taxon identifiers
Hadrurus hirsutus	Wikidata: Q3125638 GBIF: 6892810 iNaturalist: 243660 IRMNG: 11626748 NCBI: 141982 Open Tree of Life: 397022

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