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Hormurus
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Hormurus

Hormurus is a genus of scorpions, commonly known as rainforest scorpions, in the family Hormuridae, that occur in rainforest habitats, mainly in Australia and Melanesia. The genus was first described by Swedish arachnologist Tamerlan Thorell in 1876.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Hormurus macrochela

speciesHormurus macrochela

Hormurus neocaledonicus

speciesHormurus neocaledonicus

Rainforest Scorpion

speciesHormurus waigiensis

Hormurus longimanus

speciesHormurus longimanus

Hormurus karschii

speciesHormurus karschii

Hormurus ischnoryctes

speciesHormurus ischnoryctes

Hormurus ochyroscapter

speciesHormurus ochyroscapter

Hormurus polisorum

speciesHormurus polisorum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 370680.