Euscorpius italicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Parvorder: | Iurida |
Superfamily: | Chactoidea |
Family: | Euscorpiidae |
Genus: | Euscorpius |
Species: | E. italicus
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Binomial name | |
Euscorpius italicus (Herbst, 1800)
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Distribution in the Mediterranean and the Caucasus according to collected sources from The Scorpion Files[1] | |
Observations on GBIF as of January 2023[2] |
Euscorpius italicus is a scorpion belonging to the genus of small wood-scorpions. It is the largest species in the genus, with adults reaching lengths up to 50 mm.[1] Its size can thus be used as a heuristic for determination.