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Blue Thai Scorpion
Heterometrus cyaneus (C. L. Koch, 1836)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Arachnida - arachnids »  order Scorpiones - scorpions »  family Scorpionidae »  genus Heterometrus - Giant Forest Scorpions

Scientific synonyms

Buthus cyaneus C. L. Koch, 1836
Buthus defensor C. L. Koch, 1837
Buthus heros C. L. Koch, 1837
Pandinus indicus Karsch, 1884
Heterometrus luzonenis Couzijn, 1981
Buthus reticulatus C. L. Koch, 1837
Buthus setosus C. L. Koch, 1841

Type taxon of:Javanimetrus Couzijn, 1981 (Buthus cyaneus C. L. Koch, 1836)

Images

Heterometrus cyaneus - Blue Thai Scorpion

Author: Michal Brom

Heterometrus cyaneus - Blue Thai Scorpion

Author: Michal Brom

Heterometrus cyaneus - Blue Thai Scorpion

Author: Michal Brom

Heterometrus cyaneus - Blue Thai Scorpion

Author: Michal Brom

Heterometrus cyaneus - Blue Thai Scorpion

Author: Michal Brom

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Included taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Heterometrus cyaneus cyaneus (C. L. Koch, 1836)
subspecies Heterometrus cyaneus insulanus Couzijn, 1981
subspecies Heterometrus cyaneus sumatrensis Couzijn, 1981

Links and literature

CZ Kůrka A., Kovařík F. (2003): České názvy živočichů VI. Pavoukovci (Arachnida). I. Pavouci (Araneae) a štíři (Scorpiones), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 167 pp. [as Heterometrus cyaneus (C. L. Koch, 1836)]
Data retrieved on: 11 May 2013

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