Species Paruroctonus utahensis - Eastern Sand Scorpion

Classification · Range

White Sands scorpion - Paruroctonus utahensis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Scorpiones (Scorpions)

Family Vaejovidae

Genus Paruroctonus

Species utahensis (Eastern Sand Scorpion)

Range

Sands from southeastern Utah and Arizona (Navajo Nation) nearly every dune system in New Mexico, into the northern part of Trans-Pecos Texas and in sands of the western Texas Panhandle.

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 16 March, 2006 - 5:01am
Additional contributions by kschnei
Last updated 31 August, 2008 - 11:05am

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