| Name: |
Androctonus australis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Subspecies: |
A. australis australis (Linnaeus, 1758)
A. australis africanus Lamy, Le Pape & Weill, 1974
A. australis garzonii Goyffon & Lamy, 1973
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| Distribution: |
Africa (Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Tunesia), Asia (India, Israel, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen) |
| Synonyms: |
Scorpio australis Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Habitat: |
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| Medical: |
Medical Important - Dangerous! |
| Bibliography: |
LINNAEUS C., 1758. " Scorpio" pp 624-625. In " Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis". Tomus I, Ed. decima, reformata. Impensis Direct, Laurenti Salvii, Holmiae (Stockholm): 821pp. |
| Comments: |
This species are known to cause death and serious morbidity in North Africa.
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