what species is a scorpion
The devil scorpion is a larger species of scorpion, closely related to its more dangerous cousin the Arizona bark scorpion, which it closely resembles, and are often incorrectly mistaken for. It is differentiated from the Arizona bark scorpion by its much thicker tail, which also have noticeable brown strips on them.
Emperor Scorpion The Emperor Scorpion is also referred to as the Imperial Scorpion. They have long been a type of Scorpion that people are afraid of. Not only does the fear of a venomous creature bother them, it is also the very large size of this particular one that has people fearful.
All species also have very large scorpion-like pedipalps (pincers) but there is an additional large spine on each palpal tibia. They have one pair of eyes at the front of the cephalothorax and three on each side of the head, a pattern also found in scorpions.
Carl Linnaeus first described a whip scorpion in 1758, although he did not distinguish it from what are now regarded as different kinds of arachnid, calling it Phalangium caudatum. Phalangium is now used as a name for a genus of harvestmen (Opiliones). In 1802, Pierre AndrÃ© Latreille was the first to use a genus name solely for whip scorpions, namely Thelyphonus. Latreille later explained the name as meaning qui tue, meaning who kills.