Smeringurus | |
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Smeringurus vachoni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Vaejovidae |
Genus: | Smeringurus Haradon, 1983 |
Species | |
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Smeringurus is a small genus of scorpions native to Mexico and the southwestern United States within the family Vaejovidae.[1][2] It is closely related to the genus Paruroctonus, of which it was formerly considered a subgenus.[3][4]
Smeringurus has been treated as a separate genus (Stockwell, 1992), without data for justification beyond that provided originally by Haradon. We feel that the situation requires further study, but have listed Smeringurus as a separate genus here.