Pandinus magrettii
| Pandinus magrettii | |
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| Museum specimen of Pandinus magrettii from Ethiopia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Scorpionidae |
| Genus: | Pandinus |
| Species: | P. magrettii |
| Binomial name | |
| Pandinus magrettii Borelli, 1901 | |
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Pandinus magrettii, is a species of scorpion native to Africa.
Description
Scorpio africanus, 1888 specimen, in Natural History Museum (Ireland)
Pandinus magrettii can reach a total length of 105–113 millimetres (4.1–4.4 in), with a cephalothorax of about 16 millimetres (0.63 in) and a tail of about 58 millimetres (2.3 in). Body and tail are dark brown, with dark olive-brown at the sides of the cephalothorax. The large pincers are dark brown. Legs, known as the metasomaa, are yellowish. Dorsal keels on fourth metasomal segments lack discrete denticles.
Distribution
This species is native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan.
References
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