Superstitionia: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Scorpiones
Family
Superstitioniidae
Genus
Superstitionia
Species
Scientific Name
Superstitionia

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Superstitionia

Superstitionia donensis is a species of scorpion, the only species in the genus Superstitionia and the family Superstitioniidae.

This species was discovered in Arizona in 1940 by H.L Stahnke and predominately is found in western New Mexico, Arizona, extreme southern Nevada, and southern California in the United States. It is also found in Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Sonora in Mexico.

The genus name refers to the Superstition Mountains where the species was first discovered. S. donensis is normally found living in mountain terrain and under rocks or near plants in desert terrain.

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