Hadogenes

Hadogenes
Hadogenes troglodytes in Soutpansberg, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Hormuridae
Genus: Hadogenes
Kraepelin, 1894
Diversity
18 species (see text)

Hadogenes is a genus of African scorpions (including the world's longest, Hadogenes troglodytes).[1] This genus is distinguished by its members which have an unusually flat overall appearance that allows them to quickly get in and out of the cracks and cervices that are generally abundant in their rocky habitats. Occurring in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Members of the genus also have special claws on their tarsus which allows them specialized maneuverability in their environments. The members of this genus have demonstrated an inability to travel across the sand and will perish in the heat when unable to find shelter for extended periods of time. The members of this genus are threatened by habitat loss due to mining as well and by poaching for the exotic pet trade.[2]

Members

References

  1. ^ Jonathan Leeming (2003). "Southern African species". Scorpions of Southern Africa. Struik. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-86872-804-6.
  2. ^ "Hadogenes (flat rock scorpions)". www.biodiversityexplorer.info. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  3. ^ Prendini, Lorenzo (1997). "Redescription of Hadogenes zumpti Newlands & Cantrell 1985: An unusual rock scorpion (Scorpiones, Ischnuridae) from the Richtersveld, South Africa". South African Journal of Zoology. 32 (3): 76–81. doi:10.1080/02541858.1997.11448434.
  4. ^ Prendini, L. 2005a. Scorpion diversity and distribution in southern Africa: pattern and process. In B.A. Huber, B.J. Sinclair, and K.H. Lampe (editors), African biodiversity: molecules, organisms, ecosystems: 25–68. New York: Springer.


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