Isometroides
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| Isometroides | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Superfamily: | Buthoidea |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Isometroides Keyserling, 1885[1] |
Isometroides is a genus of scorpions in the Buthidae family with two species. It is endemic to, and found widely across, inland mainland Australia, and was first described by German arachnologist Eugen von Keyserling in 1885.
- Isometroides vescus (Karsch, 1880)
- Isometroides angusticaudus Keyserling, 1885
The genus has sometimes been considered monotypic, with I. angusticaudus a synonym of I. vescus.[2]
