| Aops | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Urodacidae |
| Genus: | Aops Volschenk & Prendini, 2008 |
| Species: | A. oncodactylus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aops oncodactylus Volschenk & Prendini, 2008[1]
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Aops is a monotypic genus of scorpions in the Urodacidae family. Its sole species is the troglobitic Aops oncodactylus, which is endemic to Australia. It was first described in 2008 by Erich Volschenk and Lorenzo Prendini.
- ^ Volschenk, Erich S; Prendini, Lorenzo (2008). "Aops oncodactylus, gen. et sp. nov., the first troglobitic urodacid (Urodacidae:Scorpiones), with a re-assessment of cavernicolous, troglobitic and troglomorphic scorpions". Invertebrate Systematics. 22 (2): 235–257. doi:10.1071/IS06054. Retrieved 6 February 2023.