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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Scorpions (Scorpiones) » Vaejovidae » Paruroctonus » Chihuahuan Slendertailed Scorpion (Paruroctonus gracilior)
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Paruroctonus gracilior - female
Copyright © 2006 Kari J McWest

Paruroctonus gracilior - Female
Big Bend Ranch State Park, Presidio County, Texas, USA
Size: 40 mm
Genus: Paruroctonus
species: gracilior
Author: (Hoffmann, 1931)
Distribution: Chihuahuan Desert of Texas, New Mexico, and extreme SE Arizona (San Simon Valley), to Aguascalientes, Mexico.

This is the type species of the genus.

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Paruroctonus gracilior - female Paruroctonus gracilior - female
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Contributed by Kari J McWest on 26 March, 2006 - 2:45pm

sum thing close 2 this..
ive seen many that i think might be similar 2 this 1...
excapt the ones i have seen have no tails...
a lil thinner n longer legs...
i wonder if what i have been seein are sciorpians..
la quinta, california..
… kitty kat, 3 April, 2007 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

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