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Hadogenes gracilis

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Arthropoda > Arachnomorpha > Cheliceriformes > Chelicerata > Euchelicerata > Arachnida > Scorpiones (scorpions) > Superfamily: Scorpionoidea > Family: Liochelidae > Genus: Hadogenes

Hadogenes gracilis male. [image L. Prendini ©]

This scorpion has a very restricted range among some rocky outcrops in Mapumalanga and is threatened with extinction because of mining destroying its habitat.

Text by Norman Larsen ©