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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Scorpions (Scorpiones) » Vaejovidae » Vaejovis » Southern Unstriped Scorpion (Vaejovis carolinianus)

Species Vaejovis carolinianus - Southern Unstriped Scorpion

Classification · Range · Remarks · Internet References
Scorpion - Vaejovis carolinianus Southern Unstriped Scorpion - Vaejovis carolinianus - female Brown SC scorpion - Vaejovis carolinianus Vaejoves carolinianus - Vaejovis carolinianus Scorpion - Vaejovis carolinianus Vaejovis caroliniana - Vaejovis carolinianus Tennessee scorpion - Vaejovis carolinianus scorpion - Vaejovis carolinianus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Scorpiones (Scorpions)
Family Vaejovidae
Genus Vaejovis
Species carolinianus (Southern Unstriped Scorpion)
Range
"The only scorpion native to much of the Appalachian states: Kentucky, West Virginia (S), Virginia (SW), North and South Carolina (W), Georgia (North, not coastal or southern, where Centruroides hentzi is found), Alabama (N), Mississippi (NE), Louisiana (tiny, disjunct, area NE of Baton Rouge near MS border), Tennessee (E 2/3)." - Kari J McWest
Remarks
"Occasionally enters homes and is often found under rocks and other surface objects. This species is not of medical importance."
"Note: Old Texas records of Vaejovis carolinianus are referable to Pseudouroctonus reddelli."
- Kari J McWest - http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/scorpiones/
Internet References
http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/scorpiones/
Contributed by Christopher C Wirth on 15 October, 2005 - 1:03pm
Additional contributions by kschnei
Last updated 31 August, 2008 - 11:40am

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