Urodacus sp
Size: 70 - 90mm
Ecomorphotype: Rock Crevice Dweller
Description: A member of the endemic Australian Urodacidae family, whose closest relatives include members of the Scorpionidae inc., Heterometrus, Opisthophthalmus, and Pandinus.
Undescribed species from Mitchell Plateau WA. Unusual dorso-ventrally flattened body morphology seemingly adapted to occupying rocky escarpments as are species of Hormurus.
Urodacus sp - juvenile
A: Anterior Dorsal B: Metasoma C: Chela showing flattened profile
Reference:
Koch, L. E. 1977. The taxonomy, geographic distribution and evolutionary radiation of Australo-Papuan scorpions. Records of the Western Australian Museum 5 (2):83-367.