Liocheles australasiae
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| Liocheles australasiae | |
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| Liocheles australasiae from Enggano Island. Museum specimens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Hormuridae |
| Genus: | Liocheles |
| Species: | L. australasiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Liocheles australasiae (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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Liocheles australasiae, the dwarf wood scorpion, is a species of scorpion belonging to the family Hormuridae.[1][2][3][4]
This species is present in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Yaeyama Islands (Japan), China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Mariana Islands, Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and French Polynesia.[5][6]
Description
This small scorpion has the total length of 22 to 36 mm.[6][7]
Most of the populations are parthenogenetic, meaning they can produce young without males.[8]
