''Urodacus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

scorpion Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the Order (biology), order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by a pair of Chela (organ), grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward cur ...

belonging to the family Urodacidae. It was described by German naturalist

Wilhelm Peters Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 – 20 April 1883) was a German natural history, naturalist and explorer. He was assistant to the anatomist Johannes Peter Müller and later became curator of the Natural History Museum, ...

in 1861. The

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is '' U. novaehollandiae''. Its species are native to Australia, and dig burrows. The genus was placed in its own family in 2000. Before this, the group had been a subfamily Urodacinae within the family Scorpionidae. There are likely many undescribed, cryptic species within the genus.

Species

''Urodacus'' contains the following species: * '' Urodacus armatus'' Pocock, 1888 * '' Urodacus butleri'' Volschenk, Harvey & Prendini, 2012 * '' Urodacus carinatus'' Hirst, 1911 * '' Urodacus centralis'' L. E. Koch, 1977 * '' Urodacus elongatus'' L. E. Koch, 1977 * '' Urodacus excellens'' Pocock, 1888 * '' Urodacus giulianii'' L. E. Koch, 1977 * '' Urodacus hartmeyeri'' Kraepelin, 1908 * '' Urodacus hoplurus'' Pocock, 1898 * '' Urodacus koolanensis'' L. E. Koch, 1977 * '' Urodacus lowei'' L. E. Koch, 1977 * '' Urodacus lunatus'' Buzatto et al., 2023 * '' Urodacus macrurus'' Pocock, 1899 * '' Urodacus manicatus'' (Thorell, 1876) * '' Urodacus mckenziei'' Volschenk, Smith & Harvey, 2000 * '' Urodacus megamastigus'' L. E. Koch, 1977 * '' Urodacus novaehollandiae'' Peters, 1861 * '' Urodacus planimanus'' Pocock, 1893 * '' Urodacus similis'' L. E. Koch, 1977 * '' Urodacus spinatus'' Pocock, 1902 * '' Urodacus uncinus'' Buzatto et al., 2023 * '' Urodacus varians'' Glauert, 1963 * '' Urodacus yaschenkoi'' (Birula, 1903)

References

{{Authority control Scorpion genera Scorpions of Australia Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Taxa described in 1861