Pandinus magrettii

Pandinus magrettii is a species of scorpion native to Africa.

Pandinus magrettii
Museum specimen of Pandinus magrettii from Ethiopia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Scorpiones
Family:
Scorpionidae
Genus:
Pandinus
Species:
P. magrettii
Binomial name
Pandinus magrettii
Borelli, 1901
Synonyms
  • Brotheas hirsutus L. Koch, 1875
  • Scorpio africanus subtypicus Kraepelin, 1894

Description
Scorpio africanus, 1888 specimen, in Natural History Museum (Ireland)

Pandinus magrettii can reach a total length of 105–113 millimetres (4.1–4.4 in), with a cephalothorax of about 16 millimetres (0.63 in) and a tail of about 58 millimetres (2.3 in). Body and tail are dark brown, with dark olive-brown at the sides of the cephalothorax. The large pincers are dark brown. Legs, known as the metasomaa, are yellowish. Dorsal keels on fourth metasomal segments lack discrete denticles.

Distribution

This species is native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan.

References


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