| Hadogenes soutpansbergensis | |
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| Adult female in the Soutpansberg, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Hormuridae |
| Genus: | Hadogenes |
| Species: | H. soutpansbergensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hadogenes soutpansbergensis Prendini, 2006 | |
Hadogenes soutpansbergensis is a scorpion species endemic to South Africa in the bicolor group of the genus Hadogenes. It is named after the Soutpansberg mountain range where it was found.
Taxonomic history
The species was formally described in 2006, although Prendini first collected a pair of adults of this species in 1990.
References
- ^ Prendini 2006, p. 2.
- Prendini 2006, p. 24.
Works cited
- Prendini, Lorenzo (2006). "New South African Flat Rock Scorpions (Liochelidae, Hadogenes)". American Museum Novitates (3502): 1–32. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)502[0001:NSAFRS]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5681.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Hadogenes soutpansbergensis | |
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