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Pygmy-Thicktail Scorpions
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Pygmy-Thicktail Scorpions

Pseudolychas

Pseudolychas is a genus of scorpion in the family Buthidae. Species of the genus are known as the pygmy-thicktail scorpions and are found in South Africa, Eswatini and Mozambique. Their venom is mild and not medically important.

Pseudolychas ochraceus reproduces by parthenogenesis.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Plain Pygmy-Thicktail Scorpion

speciesPseudolychas ochraceus

Eastern Pygmy-Thicktail Scorpion

speciesPseudolychas pegleri

Transvaal Pygmy-Thicktail Scorpion

speciesPseudolychas transvaalicus

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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 577730.