Shasta County, CA

 

 

   Pseudouroctonus iviei (Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972)

2 Delta, N end of Shasta Lake, 3 September 1959 (W.J. Gertsch, V. Roth)

2 Entrance of Potter Creek Cave, 3 September 1959 (W.J. Gertsch, V. Roth)

2 12 April 1960 (W.J. Gertsch, W. Ivie). Entrance of Samwell Cave, 2 April 1960 (W.J. Gertsch, W. Ivie, R. Schrammel), 29 July 1960 (R. Graham).

   Uroctonus grahami (Gertsch & Soleglad, 1972)

2 Samwell Cave, 27 June 1960 (Richard Graham), taken in damp floor at 8 foot depth in back end of main entrance, while excavating for fossils

2 18 July 1959 (R.E. Graham), from under stone on mud substrata inside lower entrance, in twilight zone, temperature 53º F.

2 5 June 1957 (R. de Saussure), in crawlway at entrance, at midnight.

   Uroctonus mordax mordax Thorell, 1876

2 Hazel Creek

2 Montgomery Creek, Shingletown

2 Bear Creek, near Whitmore

2 Old Shasta

2 Barney.

3 Hat Creek Ranger Station, 17 May 1965 (R.R. Pinger)

3 Burney, 25 May 1967 (collector unknown)

3 2 miles north, 7 miles east of Shingletown, elevation 4000 feet, 26 April 1968 (Smith and Hazeleur)

 

 

 

References:

 

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