Pseudolychas | |
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Plain pygmy-thicktail scorpion (Pseudolychas ochraceus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Buthidae |
Genus: | Pseudolychas Kraepelin, 1911 |
Pseudolychas is a genus of scorpion in the family Buthidae. Species of the genus are known as the pygmy-thicktail scorpions and are found in South Africa, Eswatini and Mozambique. Their venom is mild and not medically important.[1]
Pseudolychas ochraceus reproduces by parthenogenesis.[1][2]