Anuroctonus phaiodactylus (Wood, 1863)
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SYNONOMY:

Centrurus phaiodactylus Wood, 1863a: 111. Wood, 1863b: 372.
Uroctonus phaiodactylus (Wood). Karsch, 1879: 102. Marx, 1887: 91. Kraepelin 1894: 196-198.
Anuroctonus phaeodactylus (Wood). Pocock, 1893: 309. Kraepelin, 1899, 183. Pocock, 1902: 13, 14. Moles, 1921: 13. Hoffmann, 1931: 404, 405. Werner, 1935: 284. Gertsch, 1958: 14. Gertsch, 1965. 11, 12. Diaz-Najera, 1970: 116. Johnson and Allred, 1972: 157. Stahnke, 1974: 118, 127-129.
Onocentrus phaeodactylus (Wood). Thorell, 1894: 375.
Uroctonus phaiodactylus (Wood). Banks, 1900: 424. Banks, 1904: 365.
Anuroctonus phaiodactylus (Wood). Banks, 1910: 188. Ewing, 1928: 14,15. Williams, 1971a: 78, 79. Hjelle, 1972: 5, 7, 8. Williams, 1976: 2, Table 1. Williams, 1980: 14-17, 116-118.

DIAGNOSIS:

SIZE. Adults to about 65 mm long.
COLORATION.
STRUCTURE. Carapace. -
Chelicera. -
Pedipalps. -
Walking legs. -
Pectens. -
Metasoma. -

SIMILAR SPECIES:

TYPE DATA

Holotype (male), in USNM (S-4, Jar 2), bearing following data: "Utah territory; M. McCarthy , Esq." per Williams (1980).

DISTRIBUTION:

Known from California, Nevada, Utah, and Baja California, Mexico. California records (see the attached distribution map) include:

COMMENTS:

REFERENCES

• Banks, 1900
• Banks, 1904
• Banks, 1910
• Diaz-Najera, 1970
• Ewing, 1928
• Gertsch, 1958
• Gertsch, 1965
• Hjelle, 1972
• Hoffmann, 1931
• Johnson and Allred, 1972
• Karsch, 1879
• Kraepelin 1894
• Kraepelin, 1899
• Marx, 1887
• Moles, 1921
• Pocock, 1893
• Pocock, 1902
• Stahnke, 1974
• Thorell, 1894
• Werner, 1935
• Williams, 1971a
• Williams, 1976
• Williams, 1980
• Wood, 1863a
• Wood, 1863b.

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