Isometrus maculatus

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Lesser brown scorpion
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Isometrus
Species:
I. maculatus
Binomial name
Isometrus maculatus
(De Geer, 1778[1])
Synonyms
  • Scorpio maculatus De Geer, 1778
  • Isometrus maculatus Kraepelin, 1899
  • Isometrus (Isometrus) maculatus Vachon, 1972

Isometrus maculatus, commonly as the lesser brown scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.[2] Its distribution is pantropical; it is an introduced species in Hawaii.[2]

Total length is about 30 to 75 mm.[3][4]

The venom of Isometrus maculatus contains the toxins ImKTX58 and ImKTx88.

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