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Apistobuthus pterygocercus
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Apistobuthus pterygocercus

Apistobuthus pterygocercus (Shield-tailed Scorpion) is a species of scorpion that lives on the Arabian Peninsula. It is a highly venomous species, and is therefore of medical importance. It was first described in Susan Finnegan in 1932.

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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 424015.