Pandiborellius magrettii is a species of scorpion native to Africa.
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Museum specimen of Pandiborellius magrettii from Ethiopia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Scorpionidae |
Genus: | Pandiborellius |
Species: | P. magrettii
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Binomial name | |
Pandiborellius magrettii (Borelli, 1901)
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Description edit
Pandiborellius 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 edit
This species is native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan.
References edit
External links edit
- Media related to Pandinus magrettii at Wikimedia Commons