Tityus tenuicauda
Species of scorpion
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Tityus tenuicauda is a species of scorpions in the family Buthidae. This species was believed to be endemic to the island of Trinidad in Trinidad and Tobago. The distribution range of T. tenuicauda has been extended westward until Las Melenas, a location in the western side of Paria Peninsula National Park, Sucre State, northeastern Venezuela.[citation needed]
| Tityus tenuicauda | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Tityus |
| Species: | T. tenuicauda |
| Binomial name | |
| Tityus tenuicauda Prendini, 2001 | |
References
- Lorenzo Prendini (2001). "Further additions to the scorpion fauna of Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 29 (2): 173–188. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0173:FATTSF]2.0.CO;2.
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