is the family Hadrurus arizonensis is under in the guide. Has there been a retaxonification?

Thanks, Jim, for asking. This is becoming a rather delicate subject. As far as I am concerned (and a mess of other scorpion systematists as well), Hadrurus belongs to the family Iuridae. The very recent move to the Caraboctonidae (and the creation of that family by raising the subfamily Caraboctoninae) was done as the result of a cladistic study, the methods of which I disagree. I can't comment further because a formal paper is being finalized of the problems regarding that particular study. One particular problem that I can mention is that it was not peer reviewed, a necessity in journals in what is called "peer-reviewed science".

Kari J McWest, Canyon, Texas

is something I'm unqualified to do -- less qualified certainly than several dozen other bugguide editors. It seems likely, however, that peer review would have obviated the forthcoming published challenge to this reclassification.

I have pasted most of your above comment in our forum section here, along with a few comments of my own, in hopes of calling the matter to the attention of other editors.

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