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Smeringurus mesaensis is a scorpion in the family Vaejovidae native to arid regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is closely associated with sandy habitats, including dunes, where it shelters in burrows and emerges at night to hunt small arthropods. The species has be...
Smeringurus grandis is a Baja California scorpion described by Williams in 1970, found from Puertecitos to Bahia de los Angeles.
Smeringurus aridus is a Californian vaejovid scorpion described by Soleglad in 1972 from Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
The northernmost scorpion species in North America, originally described by Girard in 1854, with a range extending into Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada.
Vaejovis vorhiesi is an Arizona scorpion described by Stahnke in 1940, endemic to the Huachuca Mountains of Cochise County.
Vaejovis janssi is a vaejovid scorpion endemic to Socorro in Mexico's Revillagigedo Islands, described by Stanley C. Williams in 1980.
Vaejovis carolinianus, the southern unstriped scorpion, is a small, uniformly colored arachnid widely distributed across the southeastern United States.
A small desert scorpion from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, originally described by Girard in 1854, commonly known as the stripe-tailed scorpion.
Centromachetes pocockii is a species of scorpion in the family Iuridae, endemic to the country of Turkey and described by Birula in 1899.
A forest-dwelling scorpion from the western United States described by Thorell in 1876, and commonly found in the woodlands of California and Oregon.
A scorpion described by C.L. Koch in 1836 from central Mexico, and notable as one of the earliest named species in the genus Vaejovis.
Vejovoidus longiunguis is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae, first described in 1968 and native to the country of Mexico.
A scorpion from Baja California, Mexico, named in honor of French arachnologist Max Vachon, and classified within the family Vaejovidae.
A desert scorpion described by Gertsch and Allred in 1965 from California, and notable for its specialization to arid dune environments.
A cave-adapted scorpion from Texas described by Mitchell in 1968, named after speleobiologist James Reddell, and specialized for subterranean life.
A scorpion described by Gertsch and Soleglad in 1972 from Big Bend National Park, Texas, and named in honor of naturalist Roland Wauer.
A scorpion species from the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico, first described from Coahuila state, and belonging to the diverse family Vaejovidae.
A scorpion species from Mexico described by Williams in 1970, with its specific epithet 'confusus' reflecting its taxonomic complexity.
A scorpion described by Borelli in 1915, native to Mexico, and notable for its robust, rounded body morphology as suggested by its species name.
A scorpion from Baja California, Mexico, named in honor of American arachnologist Willis J. Gertsch, and classified in the family Vaejovidae.
A scorpion named after its type locality near Joshua Tree, California, and belonging to the genus Serradigitus within the family Vaejovidae.
A scorpion described by Gertsch and Soleglad in 1972 from the Apache Highlands region of Arizona, and belonging to the family Vaejovidae.
