Biology:Paruroctonus tulare
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| Images of Paruroctonus tulare in the wild from the original species description. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Vaejovidae |
| Genus: | Paruroctonus |
| Species: | P. tulare
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| Paruroctonus tulare Jain, Forbes, Gorneau and Esposito, 2023
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Paruroctonus tulare is a species of scorpion in the genus Paruroctonus. It lives in the deserts of Southern California where it is found in several areas of the San Joaquin Valley. The species epithet tulare is in reference to the historically diverted Tulare Lake and associated basin around which the scorpion is now found.[1]
Discovery
Just like the previously described P. soda and P. conclusus, P. tulare was recognized by Prakrit Jain and Harper Forbes as potentially new when observations uploaded to iNaturalist could not be assigned to a known species. The pair was assisted in making a new species description by Lauren Esposito and Jacob Gorneau of the California Academy of Sciences.[2]
Conservation
According to the researchers who described the species, P. tulare meets all necessary criteria to be assessed as endangered or critically endangered under the IUCN Red List framework. It is considered an alkali sink specialist species and appears to have experience significant range and population contractions due to habitat degradation and increasing prevalence of invasive species.[3]
References
- ↑ Jain, P.; Forbes, H.; Gorneau, J.; Esposito, L. (2024). "A new species of alkali-sink Paruroctonus Werner, 1934 (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae) from California's San Joaquin Valley". ZooKeys 1185: 199–239. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1185.103574. PMID 38074909.
- ↑ "'Very unusual': New scorpion species discovered among trash in California: An endangered scorpion species is mystifying Bay Area researchers" (in en). 6 December 2023. https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/new-species-scorpion-california-san-joaquin-18537552.php.
- ↑ "Scientists describe 153 new species in 2023: An endangered scorpion from the San Joaquin Desert" (in en). https://phys.org/news/2023-12-scientists-species.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q123680865 entry
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