Hemilychas

Hemilychas is a monotypic genus of scorpions in the Buthidae family. Its sole species is Hemilychas alexandrinus. It occurs widely across mainland Australia and was first described by Arthur Stanley Hirst in 1911.

Hemilychas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Hemilychas
Hirst, 1911
Species:
H. alexandrinus
Binomial name
Hemilychas alexandrinus
(Hirst, 1911)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lychas (Hemilychas) alexandrinus Hirst, 1911
  • Lychas annulatus Glauert, 1925
  • Lychas truncatus Glauert, 1925

Description

The scorpions are small and slender, growing to a maximum length of about 40 mm.[2]

References
  1. Hirst, NA (1911). "Descriptions of new Scorpions". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 8. 8 (46): 462–473. doi:10.1080/00222931108693056.
  2. Mark A. Newton (2016). "Hemilychas alexandrinus". The Spiral Burrow – Australian Scorpions. Retrieved 29 January 2023.


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