Global InformationAustralobuthus information
| Australobuthus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Australobuthus Locket, 1990 |
| Species: | A. xerolimniorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Australobuthus xerolimniorum Locket, 1990[1]
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Australobuthus is a monotypic genus of scorpions in the Buthidae family. Its sole species is Australobuthus xerolimniorum, also known as the salt lake scorpion. It is endemic to Australia and was first described by Nicholas Locket in 1990.
- ^ Locket, NA (1990). "A new genus and species of scorpion from South Australia (Buthidae: Buthinae)". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 114: 67–80.