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Definition of Mastigoproctus
1. Noun. Giant whip scorpions.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Order Pedipalpi, Order Uropygi, Pedipalpi, Uropygi
Member holonyms: Mastigoproctus Giganteus, Vinegarroon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mastigoproctus
Literary usage of Mastigoproctus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"... Mastigoproctus giganteus. X .8. peatedly, the thrust being made quite near
the head of the scorpion. Scorpion stings are quite common in California; ..."
2. Handbook of Medical Entomology by William Albert Riley, Oskar Augustus Johannsen (1915)
"... the stories regarding their virulence are 10 A whip-scorpion (Mastigoproctus \_,
Half natural size. After Comstock almost wholly without foundation. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"... Mastigoproctus giganteus Lucas (Tex., Fla., Ariz.) Abdomen lacking long telson,
joined to cephalothorax by slender ..."
4. The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near by John Henry Comstock (1912)
"This family is represented in the United States by only a single species, the
giant whip-scorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus (Mas-ti-go-proc'tus ..."
5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"Pocock, RI Arach. Scorpiones. Biol. Centr.-Amer., London, 1902, (58, PL XII, figs.
1, la). Mastigoproctus, def. and synopsis of C. American spp., ..."
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