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Nebo hierichonticus

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Nebo hierichonticus
Museum specimen of Nebo hierichonticus from Israel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Diplocentridae
Genus: Nebo
Species:
N. hierichonticus
Binomial name
Nebo hierichonticus
Simon, 1872

Nebo hierichonticus, the common black scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Diplocentridae.

Description

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Nebo hierichonticus can reach a length of 14 cm (5.5 in).[1] Its basic color ranges from a light brown or reddish-brown to dark brown. Its legs are yellowish. It has a thin metasoma and large pedipalps and chelae. The base of the sting (vesicle) is oval, with a quite short sting (telson). Venom of this species is quite toxic, causing hemorrhage and necrosis, but the effects of the sting on humans is almost negligible, without any long-term effects.

Distribution and habitat

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This species occurs in the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and Palestine) and in Egypt in the Sinai Peninsula. It lives under the rocks and in self-dug deep caves in the deserts and in arid to semiarid mountainous regions.

References

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  1. ^ Amr, Zuhair S.; El‐Oran, Ratib (January 1994). "Systematics and distribution of scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpionida) in Jordan". Bolletino di Zoologia. 61 (2): 185–190. doi:10.1080/11250009409355881. ISSN 0373-4137.