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Tityus fasciolatus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Buthidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Scorpiones

Genus
  
Tityus

Similar
  
Brazilian scorpion, Tityus stigmurus, Tityus obscurus

Tityus fasciolatus is a species of scorpion from the family Buthidae. The species are 4.5–8.5 centimetres (1.8–3.3 in) in length and are yellowish-brown coloured. They also have three dark stripes over the mesosoma with either yellowish or orange pedipalps, which have dark spots as well. Their first to third segments of metasoma is yellowish-orange, with the fourth one being reddish. Their fifth and final segment id dark red coloured. The species have yellow coloured legs which have dark spots, which are the same as on pedilap. Their tarsus is dark in colour with pectines that have 17-25 teeth, in which they have 16-18 rows of granules.

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Tityus fasciolatus Wikipedia