词条 | Arabian fat-tailed scorpion |
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| name = Arabian fat-tailed scorpion | image = Black scorpion.jpg | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | subphylum = Chelicerata | classis = Arachnida | ordo = Scorpiones | familia = Buthidae | genus = Androctonus | species = A. crassicauda | binomial = Androctonus crassicauda | binomial_authority = (Olivier, 1807) }} The Arabian fat-tailed scorpion (Androctonus crassicauda) is a species of dangerous scorpion usually found in North Africa and the Middle East. DescriptionA. crassicauda is a generalist desert species,[1] an Old World scorpion.[2] Adults can vary in colour from a light brown to reddish to blackish-brown, to black. They can grow to over {{convert|10|cm}} in length.[1][3]DistributionThis species is found mainly in the Palaearctic region. It is commonly found in such countries as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Iraq, Iran, Turkey,[4] and in north African nations.[5][6][1] HabitatA. crassicauda lives in the ruins of old, neglected structures,[1] and was considered a major hazard for troops during the whole Persian Gulf conflict, throughout the area of the war.[3]AntivenomAntivenom produced by this species has been used in Turkey to treat all scorpion stings since 1942.[2] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/p2006_37.pdf |title=Euscorpius |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-12-05}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2704458}}{{scorpion-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.biopestlab.ucdavis.edu/Labbib/697.pdf |title=Dear Editor |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-12-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610163009/http://www.biopestlab.ucdavis.edu/Labbib/697.pdf |archivedate=2010-06-10 }} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://entomology.montana.edu/historybug/dstorm-conlon.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-12-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002151857/http://entomology.montana.edu/historybug/DStorm-Conlon.pdf |archivedate=2011-10-02 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/p2006_43.pdf |title=Euscorpius |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-12-05}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://wrbu.si.edu/scorpions/sc_sting.html |title=WRBU Scorpion Identification |publisher=Wrbu.si.edu |date= |accessdate=2011-12-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204002301/http://wrbu.si.edu/scorpions/sc_sting.html |archivedate=2012-02-04 }} 6. ^http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/acari/Buthidae.txt 4 : Buthidae|Animals described in 1807|Fauna of Iran|Invertebrates of the Arabian Peninsula |
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