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SCORPION DIAGRAM: DORSAL VIEW OF CENTRUROIDESVITTATUS Chester J. Stojanovich

,...pedipalp chelicera-­

---tarsus

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pr eabdomen' , , "­, , ,

stinger-------­

, subaculear spine--­

c a ud a 1

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SCORPION DIAGRAM: VENTRAL VIEW OF CENTRUROIDES VITTATUS Chester J, Stojanovich

c h eli c e r a_

stern um__ ­

\ \ \ \ \

)preabdomen,,­

,,­,,­

,,­,,­

\ \

\ \

\ \

\

__ \ postabdomen

-----stinger "

~

--subaculear ,,­spine ........_\I\'III_c,.

,,­

vesicle

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I I 8tinger with many setae 8tinger with few setae

Hadruru .• arizonensis OLIVE HAIRY SCORPION

I I stinger without subaculear tooth stinger with 8ubaculear tooth

i I body striped dorsally body patterned dorsally body not stripel or patterned

Vejovis spullgerus Vejovis carolinianus STRIPE·TAIL DEVIL SCORPION SOUTHERN DEVIL SCORPION

huliy hlack rlorsally body striped dorsally body yellow dorsally

Centruroide s gracili s Centruroides vitra'us Centruroides sculpturalu, MARGARITE SCORPION STRIPE-BACK SCORPION DEADL Y SCULPTURED SCORPION

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SCORPIONS: PICTORIAL KEY TO SOME COMMON UNITED STATES SPECIES Chester J. Stojanovich and Harold George Scott