Uroplectes lineatus

Uroplectes lineatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Suborder: Neoscorpionina
Superfamily: Buthoidea
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Uroplectes
Species: U. lineatus
Binomial name
Uroplectes lineatus
(Koch, 1844)[1]

Uroplectes lineatus is a scorpion, endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa.[2] U. lineatus is noted for is a clinically important venom .[3]

References

  1. ^ "species Uroplectes lineatus (C. L. Koch, 1844)". BioLib.cz. http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id479079/. Retrieved 3 January 2010. 
  2. ^ "Uroplectes (lesser thick-tailed scorpions)". Iziko South African Museum. http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/arachnids/scorpions/buthidae/uroplectes.htm. Retrieved 3 January 2010. 
  3. ^ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. pp. 1315. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0. 

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