Centruroides nigrimanus

Centruroides nigrimanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Centruroides
Species: C. nigrimanus
Binomial name
Centruroides nigrimanus
Pocock, 1898[1]

Centruroides nigrimanus is a species of scorpion in Buthidae family. This species is endemic of Mexico (type from Oaxaca). It occurs in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero. [Pocock 1998 indicated a juvenile specimen from Honduras might be this species, but this has never been substantiated, and unlikely]

Original publication

References

  1. "Genus Centruroides Marx,1890". Mes Scorpions. 26 October 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2013.


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