Mastigoproctus


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Noun 1. [画像:Mastigoproctus - giant whip scorpions]Mastigoproctus - giant whip scorpions
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
Mastigoproctus giganteus, vinegarroon - large whip-scorpion of Mexico and southern United States that emits a vinegary odor when alarmed
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We now report that the giant whip scorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas) (Arachnida: Uropygi) consumes Floridobolus, even if the quinone-based secretion is released upon attack.
The whip scorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus (Uropygi: Thelyphonidae), preys on the chemically defended Florida scrub millipede, Floridobolus penneri (Spirobolida: Floridobolidae)
Mastigoproctus maximus: BRAZIL: Mato Grosso: 1 [female], Chapada dos Guimaraes, Usina Hidreletrica de Manso, 2000, equipe Resgate de Fauna (IBSP 240).
A new micro-whip scorpion species from Brazilian Amazonia (Arachnida, Schizomida, Hubbardiidae), with the description of a new synapomorphy for Uropygi
They were inadvertently caught in pitfall traps used to capture large arthropods including theraphosid spiders (Orthognatha, Aphonopelina hentzi), wind scorpions (Solifugae, Eremobatidae, Eremobates sp.), scorpions (Scorpiones, Buthidae, Vaejovidae), whipscorpions (Uropygi, Thelyphonidae, Mastigoproctus giganteus), orthopteran insects (Acrididae) and millipedes (Diplopoda).
Observations on the diet composition of the gray shrew Notiosorex crawfordi (Insectivora), including interactions with large arthropods
Indeed their size--the largest carapace is over 30 mm long--and their biogeographical distribution in the Americas suggest a fossil genus closely related to the extant Mastigoproctus Pocock 1894.
The Miocene whipscorpion Thelyphonus hadleyi is an unidentifiable organic remain
AF005445 Uropygi Mastigoproctus giganteus AF005446 (Lucas 1835) Schizomida Stenochrus portoricensis AF005444 Chamberlin 1922 Ricinulei Pseudocellus pearsei U91489 (Chamberlin & Ivie 1938) Palpigradi Eukoenenia sp.
Unusually long Hyptiotes (Araneae, Uloboridae) sequence for small subunit (18S) ribosomal RNA supports secondary structure model utility in spiders
Vinegaroon (Mastigoproctus giganteus) life history and rearing.
Social behavior in Amblypygids, and a reassessment of arachnid social patterns
Shelter site selection by Mastigoproctus giganteus in an atypical microhabitat in the northern Chihuahuan Desert characterized by hard adobe soils is described for the first time.
Types of shelter sites used by the giant whipscorpion Mastigoproctus giganteus (Arachnida, Uropygi) in a habitat characterized by hard adobe soils

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