Hadrurus hirsutus

Hadrurus hirsutus, also known as the desert hairy scorpion,^[1] is a species of scorpion in the Hadruridae family. It was first described by Horatio C. Wood Jr. in 1863.^[2]

Hadrurus hirsutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Hadruridae
Genus:	Hadrurus
Species:	H. hirsutus
Binomial name
Hadrurus hirsutus (Wood, 1863)

Distribution

This species is endemic to the state of Baja California Sur in Mexico.^[3]

Description

The male specimen described by Williams in 1970 measured 107.4 mm, and the female specimen measured 98.7 mm.^[4]

Taxonomy

Hadrurus hirsutus was given the protonym Buthus hirsutus by Wood in 1863. Tamerlan Thorell placed it in the genus Hadrurus in 1876.^[5]

Original publication

• Wood, 1863: Descriptions of new species of North American Pedipalpi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 15, p. 107-112 (original text).