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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Scorpions (Scorpiones) » Iuridae » Anuroctonus » California swollenstinger scorpion (Anuroctonus pococki) » Anuroctonus pococki pococki
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FORD* Scorpion - Anuroctonus pococki - male
Copyright © 2006 Ron Hemberger

FORD* Scorpion - Anuroctonus pococki - Male
Bommer Canyon, Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
June 11, 2006
*Found On Road Dead. Encountered during a group hike. Specimen was in good shape and still soft when found.

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 13 June, 2006 - 10:17am
Last updated 1 June, 2007 - 12:34am

Moved
Moved from Iuridae.
… Kari J McWest, 1 June, 2007 - 12:23am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Kari
for the page and the move.
… Ron Hemberger, 1 June, 2007 - 12:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from swollenstinger scorpion.
… Kari J McWest, 1 June, 2007 - 12:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anuroctonus phaiodactylus.
… Ron Hemberger, 31 May, 2007 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

Anuroctonus phaiodactylus
You have yourself an Anuroctonus phaiodactylus, which currently belongs in the Chactidae family, though it was previously in the now largely emptied Iuridae family .

Cheers,
Dave
… David Desoer, 18 June, 2006 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the id, Dave
It's the first scorpion I've ever seen, a neat and interesting creature.
… Ron Hemberger, 18 June, 2006 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

 
Still Iuridae
This is indeed a cool scorpion!
What you have is a male, which can easily be determined in this genus by the swollen portion of the telson at the base of the aculeus/sting.

It is now Anuroctonus pococki pococki. A. phaiodactylus is the original species which was described from Utah. Its distribution is largely in the Great Basin Desert and the northern part of the Mojave Desert.
A. pococki pococki and A. pococki bajae are found in the Coastal Ranges from northern Baja California to near Salinas, if memory serves.

The move from Iuridae to Chactidae was unwarranted and the characters used for this move are outweighed by the characters keeping it in Iuridae, especially the large darkened cheliceral tooth (on juveniles of this genus).

Hadrurus also is still in Iuridae.
… Kari J McWest, 30 May, 2007 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the new info.
I've moved this to genus. Perhaps it will get a new species page eventually, but I've given up applying for them in the forum.
… Ron Hemberger, 31 May, 2007 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

 
Move
to new guide page.
… Lynette Elliott, 3 July, 2006 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

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