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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Scorpions (Scorpiones) » Vaejovidae » Uroctonites » Uroctonites montereus
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Uroctonites montereus? - Uroctonites montereus
Copyright © 2010 Alice Abela

Uroctonites montereus? - Uroctonites montereus
Santa Barbara County, California, USA
February 12, 2010
Size: ~1"
Found under rock in moist Nassella pulchra dominated grassland

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Contributed by Alice Abela on 14 February, 2010 - 10:11pm
Last updated 8 August, 2010 - 5:04pm

Not 100% sure
Well, I'd like to say this is montereus, there is a slight possibility it is Pseudouroctonus iviei. They are extremely similar but montereus and other Uroctonites have enlarged, spine-like setae on the ventral surfaces of the tarsi.
… Kari J McWest, 8 August, 2010 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Uroctonites montereus.
… Kari J McWest, 8 August, 2010 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

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