Smeringurus mesaensis (Stahnke, 1957)

 

 

 

 

 

10 Open desert areas, primarily eolian sand; in California, from Inyo County (Stovepipe Wells), southward throughout the Mojave and Colorado Deserts….

* The Above account is based upon samples from several thousand specimens of S. mesaensis in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences, representing more than 120 localities throughout the stated range.

 

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

          *Antelope Valley, Piute Butte, 3 Sept 2007 (Robert Jensen)

 

SAN DIEGO COUNTY

* Borrego Springs, Summer 2002, 2005 (Matthew R. Graham), on sand dunes

 

 

 

 

 

References:

 

10) Haradon, R. M. 1983. Smeringurus, a new subgenus of Paruroctonus Werner (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae). Journal of Arachnology, 11(2): 251-270