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
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]