Paruroctonus is a genus of scorpions in the family Vaejovidae. There are about 10 described species in Paruroctonus.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Vaejovidae |
| Genus: | Paruroctonus Werner, 1934 |
Species
edit- Paruroctonus becki (Gertsch & Allred, 1965)
- Paruroctonus boreus (northern scorpion)
- Paruroctonus conclusus Jain, Forbes & Esposito, 2022
- Paruroctonus gracilior (Hoffmann, 1931) (Chihuahuan slender-tailed scorpion)
- Paruroctonus luteolus (golden dwarf sand scorpion)
- Paruroctonus pecos (Sissom & Francke, 1981)
- Paruroctonus silvestrii (California common scorpion)
- Paruroctonus soda Jain, Forbes & Esposito, 2022
- Paruroctonus tulare Jain et al., 2023
- Paruroctonus utahensis (Williams, 1968) (eastern sand scorpion)
- Paruroctonus variabilis Hjelle, 1982
References
edit- ^ "Paruroctonus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- 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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