# Hadogenes

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Genus of scorpions

Hadogenes Hadogenes troglodytes in Soutpansberg, South Africa Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Scorpiones Family: Hormuridae Genus: Hadogenes Kraepelin, 1894 Diversity 18 species (see text)

***Hadogenes*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of African [scorpions](/source/Scorpion) (including the world's longest, *[Hadogenes troglodytes](/source/Hadogenes_troglodytes)*).[1] This genus is distinguished by its members which have an unusually flat overall appearance that allows them to quickly get in and out of the cracks and cervices that are generally abundant in their rocky habitats. Occurring in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Members of the genus also have special claws on their [tarsus](/source/Arthropod_tarsus) which allows them specialized maneuverability in their environments. The members of this genus have demonstrated an inability to travel across the sand and will perish in the heat when unable to find shelter for extended periods of time. The members of this genus are threatened by habitat loss due to mining as well and by poaching for the [exotic pet trade](/source/Wildlife_trade).[2]

## Members

- *[Hadogenes bicolor](/source/Hadogenes_bicolor)* Purcell, 1899

- *[Hadogenes gracilis](/source/Hadogenes_gracilis)* Hewitt, 1909

- *[Hadogenes granulatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hadogenes_granulatus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Purcell, 1901

- *[Hadogenes gunningi](/source/Hadogenes_gunningi)* Purcell, 1899

- *[Hadogenes hahni](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hadogenes_hahni&action=edit&redlink=1)* Peters, 1862

- *[Hadogenes lawrencei](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hadogenes_lawrencei&action=edit&redlink=1)* Newlands, 1972

- *[Hadogenes longimanus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hadogenes_longimanus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Prendini, 2001

- *[Hadogenes minor](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hadogenes_minor&action=edit&redlink=1)* Purcell, 1899

- *[Hadogenes newlandsi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hadogenes_newlandsi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Prendini, 2001

- *[Hadogenes paucidens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hadogenes_paucidens&action=edit&redlink=1)* Pocock, 1896

- *[Hadogenes phyllodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hadogenes_phyllodes&action=edit&redlink=1)* Thorell, 1876

- *[Hadogenes polytrichobothrius](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hadogenes_polytrichobothrius&action=edit&redlink=1)* Prendini, 2006

- *[Hadogenes soutpansbergensis](/source/Hadogenes_soutpansbergensis)* Prendini, 2006

- *[Hadogenes tityrus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hadogenes_tityrus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Simon, 1888

- *[Hadogenes trichiurus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hadogenes_trichiurus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Gervais, 1843

- *[Hadogenes troglodytes](/source/Hadogenes_troglodytes)* Peters, 1861

- *[Hadogenes zuluanus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hadogenes_zuluanus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Lawrence, 1937

- *[Hadogenes zumpti](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hadogenes_zumpti&action=edit&redlink=1)* Newlands & Cantrell, 1985[3][4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Jonathan Leeming (2003). "Southern African species". *Scorpions of Southern Africa*. Struik. p. 61. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-86872-804-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-86872-804-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Hadogenes (flat rock scorpions)"](http://www.biodiversityexplorer.info/arachnids/scorpions/liochelidae/hadogenes.htm). *www.biodiversityexplorer.info*. Retrieved 2022-06-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Prendini, Lorenzo (1997). ["Redescription of Hadogenes zumpti Newlands & Cantrell 1985: An unusual rock scorpion (Scorpiones, Ischnuridae) from the Richtersveld, South Africa"](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F02541858.1997.11448434). *South African Journal of Zoology*. **32** (3): 76–81. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/02541858.1997.11448434](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F02541858.1997.11448434).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Prendini, L. 2005a. Scorpion diversity and distribution in southern Africa: pattern and process. In B.A. Huber, B.J. Sinclair, and K.H. Lampe (editors), African biodiversity: molecules, organisms, ecosystems: 25–68. New York: Springer.

Taxon identifiers Hadogenes Wikidata: Q3125569 Wikispecies: Hadogenes BioLib: 132686 BOLD: 348855 CoL: 4SBM EoL: 3195654 GBIF: 2123715 iNaturalist: 482443 IRMNG: 1340360 NCBI: 259464

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