Hadrurus hirsutus, also known as the desert hairy scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the Hadruridae family. It was first described by Horatio C. Wood Jr. in 1863.Wood, 1863 : Descriptions of new species of North American Pedipalpi.Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, , (original text).
Distribution This species is endemic to the state of Baja California Sur in Mexico.Fet, Sissom, Lowe & Braunwalder, 2000 : Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). New York Entomological Society, .
Description The male specimen described by Williams in 1970 measured 107.4 mm, and the female specimen measured 98.7 mm.Williams, 1970 : A systematic revision of the giant hairy scorpion genus Hadrurus. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, No. 87, (original text).
Taxonomy Hadrurus hirsutus was given the protonym Buthus hirsutus by Wood in 1863. Tamerlan Thorell placed it in the genus Hadrurus in 1876.Thorell, 1876 : On the classification of Scorpions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4, , (original text).
Original publication Wood, 1863: Descriptions of new species of North American Pedipalpi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, , (original text).
References
External links The Scorpion Files: Jan Ove Rein, Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology