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Paruroctonus silvestrii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Vaejovidae
Genus:	Paruroctonus
Species:	P. silvestrii
Binomial name
Paruroctonus silvestrii (Borelli, 1909)

Paruroctonus silvestrii, also known as the California common scorpion and the stripe-tailed scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae. This species is native to the coastal region of the Californias. The stripe-tailed scorpion can be found in dry areas, where it creates and dwells in burrows.

Most individuals are somewhat less than 45 mm (1.8 in) long. It has skinny pinchers, and is generally "mottled dark gray-brown". The name stripe-tailed scorpion is because it has four longitudinal brown lines on the ventral side of the tail.

References

1. ^ Hogue, Charles L.; Hogue, James N. (2015). Insects of the Los Angeles Basin (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. p. 381. ISBN 978-0938644-44-6. OCLC 910654655.
2. "Paruroctonus silvestrii Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
3. "California common scorpion (Paruroctonus silvestrii)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-03-21.

• Ayrey R, Webber M (2013). "A new Vaejovis C.L. Koch, 1836, the second known vorhiesi group species from the Santa Catalina Mountains of Arizona (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae)". ZooKeys 270: 21-35.

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