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Paruroctonus arenicola nudipes
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Alice Abela
Scorpion -
Paruroctonus arenicola
Kelso Dunes, San Bernardino County, California, USA
March 27, 2016
Size: body ~3cm
Scorpion with Kelso Dunes Jerusalem Cricket (Ammopelmatus kelsoensis) in sandy desert dune habitat
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Contributed by
Alice Abela
on 6 April, 2016 - 10:53pm
Last updated 13 February, 2018 - 9:43pm
ID
ID determined by K. McWest on inaturalist cross post:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9725955
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Alice Abela
, 13 February, 2018 - 9:45pm
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Moved
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Alice Abela
, 13 February, 2018 - 9:43pm
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whoops!
I was way off.
Lutelous looks nothing like this lol
I failed haha.
I uploaded an actual luteolus that i mistook for ammonastes.
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Marcus bullock
, 10 June, 2016 - 5:25am
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Adult Male Paruroctonus luteolus!
I visited your Flickr page for a higher res image showing the chela much more clearly, Alice!
By comparing the chela of this male to the drawings in the publication noted below, I'm able to say without a doubt that this scorpion is Paruroctonus luteolus.
Haradon, R. M.1984. new and redefined species belonging to the Paruroctonus borregoensis group (Scorpiones,Vaejovidae).J. Arachnol., 12:317-339.
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Marcus bullock
, 3 June, 2016 - 2:24am
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Thanks!
I forget only editors have access to the larger images on bugguide:
http://bugguide.net/images/raw/HZP/LFL/HZPLFLBLIZTLXZDLPRSH7RYZMRTZIR3ZRZCZHZWLIZCLQZCL4R0HMZDLKZOLZZWL7R3Z2R0HSZDLHZ6L.jpg
, but that's also the reason I do upload and make accessible the original resolution on flickr. Thanks again!
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Alice Abela
, 3 June, 2016 - 1:01pm
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metrioptera
, 17 April, 2016 - 7:48am
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Paruroctonus sp
I think i know what this is :P
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Marcus bullock
, 14 April, 2016 - 11:55pm
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