| Opisthacanthus rugiceps | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Hemiscorpiidae |
| Genus: | Opisthacanthus |
| Subgenus: | Nepabellus |
| Species: | O. rugiceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Opisthacanthus rugiceps Pocock, 1897 |
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Opisthacanthus rugiceps is a species of African scorpion.
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O. rugiceps is found in East Africa, and extends further than 15° south only in Malawi.[1]
O. rugiceps belongs to the "asper group" in the subgenus Nepabellus of the genus Opisthacanthus in the family Hemiscorpiidae.[2]