Isometrus thwaitesi

{{Short description|Species of scorpion}}

{{Speciesbox

|image =

|image_caption =

|taxon = Isometrus thwaitesi

|authority = (Pocock, 1897)

|synonyms = * Isometrus (Isometrus) thwaitesi Vachon, 1982

  • Isometrus (Isometrus) thwaitesi pallidus Lourenço & Huber, 2002

}}

Isometrus thwaitesi is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae endemic to Sri Lanka.{{cite web|url=http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/I/Isometrus_thwaitesi/|title=Isometrus thwaitesi|date=21 July 2012|publisher=ZipcodeZoo.com|accessdate=3 August 2013}}{{Cite web |title=A review of the genus Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with descriptions of four new species from Asia and Australia |url=https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=euscorpius |access-date=2021-08-30 |website=Euscorpius — Occasional Publications in Scorpiology. 2003, No. 10}}

Description

Total length is 30 to 50 mm.{{Cite web |last=Charles University |last2=Kovařík |first2=František |last3=Lowe |first3=Graeme |last4=Monell Chemical Senses Center |last5=Ranawana |first5=Kithsiri B. |last6=University of Peradeniya |last7=Hoferek |first7=David |last8=Jayarathne |first8=V. A. Sanjeewa |last9=University of Peradeniya |date=2016 |title=Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat. n |url=https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2016/iss220/1/ |access-date=2021-08-29 |website=Euscorpius |pages=1–133 |doi=10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q3155574}}

Category:Animals described in 1897

thwaitesi

{{Scorpion-stub}}