{"id":20029,"date":"2022-09-21T13:40:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T11:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=20029"},"modified":"2022-11-07T15:50:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T14:50:19","slug":"paruroctonus-soda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2022\/09\/21\/paruroctonus-soda\/","title":{"rendered":"Paruroctonus soda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Paruroctonus soda<\/em><\/h2>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-subhead\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-secondary-dark-color\">NEW SPECIES DISCOVERY <\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"642\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/09\/fbeeccfc-557b-47dd-8f47-7639133496f1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-20028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/09\/fbeeccfc-557b-47dd-8f47-7639133496f1.jpg 642w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/09\/fbeeccfc-557b-47dd-8f47-7639133496f1-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><figcaption>Paruroctonus soda carrying her young<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>WHAT IS IT?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">One of two new scorpions described by a pair of then high school students from the California Academy of Sciences. Harper Forbes and Prakrit Jain were looking through observations on the community science platform iNaturalist when they came across an unidentified species. Following further research and fieldwork, it was identified as a new species, <em>P. <\/em><em>conclusus <\/em>with their co-author Lauren Esposito. Not long after, the trio came across another new-to-science species via iNaturalist, now described as <em>P. <\/em><em>soda. <\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>WHERE IS IT? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The two new species are playa scorpions, a group of scorpions found only in the playas, or dry lake beds, of Central and Southern California in the USA. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>WHAT IS THE MEANING BEHIND THE SCIENTIFIC NAME?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2018Soda\u2019 is derived from Soda Lake in California, where the species was found. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Find out more <span style=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/PlayaScorpions\">bit.ly\/PlayaScorpions<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">Photos: SAIGA: ALBERT SALEMGARAYEV\/RSPB, SCORPION: PRAKRIT JAIN<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Soda\u2019 is derived from Soda Lake in California, where the 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