| Urodacus | |
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| Urodacus yaschenkoi photographed in the Riverland, South Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Urodacidae |
| Genus: | Urodacus Peters, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters, 1861 | |
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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. Its species are native to Australia, and dig burrows. The genus was placed in its own family in 2000. Before this, the group had been a subfamily Urodacinae within the family Scorpionidae. There are likely many undescribed, cryptic species within the genus.
Species
Urodacus contains the following species:
- 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 lunatus Buzatto et al., 2023
- 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 uncinus Buzatto et al., 2023
- Urodacus varians Glauert, 1963
- Urodacus yaschenkoi (Birula, 1903)
References
- ^ 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.
- Buzatto, Bruno A.; Clark, Huon L.; Harvey, Mark S.; Volschenk, Erich S. (3 November 2023). Cooper, Steven (ed.). "Two new species of burrowing scorpions (Urodacidae: Urodacus) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia with identical external morphology†". Australian Journal of Zoology. 71 (1). doi:10.1071/ZO23018. ISSN 0004-959X.
- 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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| Urodacus | |