Smeringurus Explained

Smeringurus is a small genus of scorpions native to Mexico and the southwestern United States within the family Vaejovidae.[1] [2] It is closely related to the genus Paruroctonus, of which it was formerly considered a subgenus.[3] [4]

Species

List according to The Scorpion Files:[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Soleglad. Michael E.. Fet. Victor. Contributions to Scorpion Systematics. III. Subfamilies Smeringurinae and Syntropinae (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Marshall University. 9 July 2017.
  2. Book: Jean-Luc E. Cartron. Gerardo Ceballos. Richard Stephen Felger. Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Conservation in Northern Mexico. 25 August 2005. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-534812-5. 131.
  3. Haradon. Smeringurus, a new subgenus of Paruroctonus Werner (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae). Journal of Arachnology. 1983. 251–270.
  4. Book: Merrett. Norman I. Platnick. Ed. by P.. Advances in spider taxonomy : 1992-1995 ; with redescriptions 1940-1980. 1997. The New York Entomology Society. New York. 9780913424247. Smeringurus has been treated as a separate genus (Stockwell, 1992), without data for justification beyond that provided originally by Haradon. We feel that the situation requires further study, but have listed Smeringurus as a separate genus here..
  5. Web site: The Scorpion Files - Vaejovidae.

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