Marin County, CA

 

 

   Uroctonus mordax mordax Thorell, 1876

2 Kent Lake

2 Mill Valley, in chaparral zone and among redwoods; Inverness

2 Novato; 0.5 mi. S of mouth of Bear Valley, Point Reyes National Seashore

2 Mt. Tamalpais State Park: Bootjack Camp, 2500 ft., 5 mi. N Fairfax, Matt Grail, under rocks

2 Lily Lake, 2 mi. E Alpine Reservoir, 800 ft. in redwood ravine under logs.

3 Near entrance to Muir Woods, 10 January 1964 (V.D. Roth, P.R. Craig)

3 Novato, 11 December 1964 (H. Mathis)

3 White’s Estate, 3 March 1965 (K. Hom)

3 Along Bolinas Road, 13 April 1965 (T.S. Briggs)

3 2 ½ miles west of Alpine Dam, 7 July 1965 (K. Hom)

3 near Tiburon, 11 December 1965 (K. Hom, T.S. Briggs)

3 ¼ mile north of Laurel Dell, Mt. Tamalpais, 8 September 1969 (M.M. Bentzien)

3 1 mile south of Fairfax on Bolinas Road, elevation 200 feet, 16 September 1969 (J.T. Hjelle, T.M. Glimme)

3 5 miles south of Fairfax on Bolinas Road, elevation 600 feet, 16 September 1969 (J.T. Hjelle, T.M. Glimme)

3 Along fire trail to Kent Lake, elevation 50 feet, 18 September 1969 (J.T. Hjelle, F.H. & C.S. Koehler)

3 Lily Lake north of Alpine Reservoir, 1 December 1969 (J. Mackey)

3 Near Lily Lake (just north of Alpine Lake), 18 April 1970 (M.M. Bentzien)

3 Phoenix Lake, north shore, 2 May 1970 (J. Collins)

3 San Rafael, 21 May 1970 (W.L. Blackwell)

3 ¼ mile north of Lake Lagunitas, 17 September 1970 (A.D. Bacon)

3 South shore of Phoenix Lake, 1 October 1970 (J.T. Hjelle)  

* Mount Tamalpais State Park, May & June 2005 (Matthew R. Graham), under rocks up to 10m from small stream (UTM 10 S 0532953, 4201829)

* Palomarin Field Station of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Point Reyes National Seashore, May 2005 (Matthew R. Graham), on carpet in room.

 

 

 

References:

 

* Collected and identified by a credible source but not published

 

2) Gertsch, W. J. & M. E. Soleglad. 1972. Studies of North American scorpions of the genera Uroctonus and Vejovis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 148(4): 549-608

 

3) Hjelle, J. T. 1972. Scorpions of the Northern Californian coast ranges. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 92: 1-59