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Scorpion - Diplocentrus spitzeri

Scorpion - Diplocentrus spitzeri
Kino Springs, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
August 23, 2017
Prosoma + mesosoma = 22 mm. I could not measure its metasoma given that this beast was alive and not in the mood ;-)
Collected by Josh Brown searching at night with a UV lamp. It was under a rock. Josh kept it in a terrarium and kindly let me photograph it
Coordinates: 31.379444, -110.849166

Kari McWest said: "Yes, it is without a doubt Diplocentrus spitzeri. The distinct, blunt, subaculear tubercle on the telson clearly identifies it as Diplocentrus, and the location is spitzeri."

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Diplocentrus spitzeri
I'm not a scorpion expert, but this seem to resemble scorpions I collected at Pena Blanca, which were IDed as D. spitzeri

 
Great!
Thank you Alan!

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