Reddyanus melanodactylus

Reddyanus melanodactylus is a species of scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is native to Australia, and was first described by German arachnologist Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1867.

Reddyanus melanodactylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Reddyanus
Species:
R. melanodactylus
Binomial name
Reddyanus melanodactylus
(L.Koch, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lychas melanodactylus L. Koch, 1867
  • Isometrus melanodactylus L.Koch, 1867
  • Isometrus gracilis Thorell, 1877
  • Isometrus papuensis Werner, 1916
  • Isometrus melanodactylus inflatus Glauert, 1925

Distribution

The species is found mainly in eastern Queensland, extending into northern New South Wales at the southern end of its range.[2]

References
  1. Koch, L (1867). "Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 17: 239.
  2. Mark A. Newton (2016). "Isometrus melanodactylus". The Spiral Burrow – Australian Scorpions. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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