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Pulmonoscorpius is an extinct genus of scorpion from the Mississippian (Early Carboniferous) of Scotland.It contains a single named species, Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis.It was one of the largest scorpions to have ever lived, with the largest known individual having an estimated length exceeding 70 cm (28 inches).
Mastigoproctus giganteus lives in the southern US and in Mexico at elevations up to 6000 meters. [4] It preys on various insects, worms, and slugs. [5] It is an efficient predator that feeds at night on a variety of arthropods, primarily insects such as cockroaches and crickets, as well as millipedes and other arachnids.
H. arizonensis is the largest scorpion in North America, [2] and one of the 8–9 species of Hadrurus in the United States, attaining a length of 14 cm (5.5 in). [3] This species is usually yellow with a dark top [3] and has crab-like pincers. It gets its common names from the brown hairs that cover its body.
E. lacustris average at larger sizes at 15 to 23 cm (6 to 9 in) in length. [9] However, a single telson (the posteriormost division of the body) of a specimen of this species reaches this length, being 14.8 cm (5.8 in) long and indicating a specimen of 55.4 cm (21.8 in) of length, and that is the largest specimen ever described in literature. [10]
Gigantometrus swammerdami, commonly called the giant forest scorpion, is a scorpion belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It is native to India [ 1 ] and is the world's largest scorpion species at 23 cm (9 inch) in length, [ 2 ] and weighs 56 g (2.0 oz).
Hadogenes troglodytes is a species of scorpion from southern Africa.It is commonly known as the flat rock scorpion and commonly sold on the exotic pet market. [1] [2] It was once regarded as having the longest recorded body length of any scorpion, reaching up to 20 cm; [3] however Heterometrus swammerdami currently holds the record for being the world's largest scorpion at 9 inches (23 cm) in ...
Although it averages about 1.36 m (4.5 ft) in length, this huge worm can reach a length of as much as 6.7 m (22 ft) and can weigh over 1.5 kg (3.3 lb). [239] Only the giant Gippsland earthworm , Megascolides australis , and a few giant polychaetes , including the notorious Eunice aphroditois , reach nearly comparable sizes, reaching 4 and 3.6 m ...
Srilankametrus indus, commonly known as the giant forest scorpion, is a species of scorpions belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]