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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Scorpions (Scorpiones) » Vaejovidae » Kochius » Kochius hirsuticauda
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Kochius hirsuticauda
Copyright © 2014 Marcus bullock

Kochius hirsuticauda
Little Picacho wilderness, Imperial County, California, USA
Size: 12mm
Accidentally captured while collecting sand from a rocky wash.

This is a new genus for bugguide, formerly considered Vaejovis/Paravaejovis hirsuticauda, similar in appearance to serradigitus, however easily identified by the long fine dense trichobothriae (hairs) on the telson.

This species is very widespread, but rarely encountered, due to its lithophilous nature.

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Contributed by Marcus bullock on 11 November, 2014 - 2:32am
Last updated 25 April, 2015 - 8:38am

Moved
Moved from Scorpions.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 April, 2015 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

Revision
Are there other species represented on BugGuide that need to be moved to new genera? What is the citation for the revision?
… Charley Eiseman, 25 April, 2015 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

 
Here ya go!
Soleglad ME, Fet V.
Contributions to scorpion
systematics. III. Subfamilies
Smeringurinae and
Syntropinae (Scorpiones:
Vaejovidae). Euscorpius.
2008(71):1-115

Kochius is fairly easily identified, as they have a very slender telson
… Marcus bullock, 4 May, 2015 - 2:12am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
For future reference, that publication is available at this link (I don't have time to check it out right now).
… Charley Eiseman, 4 May, 2015 - 7:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 December, 2014 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

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