NEET Biology question
Study the following sentences.
I. It is a terrestrial arthropod. II. The prosoma bears a pair of chelicerae, a pair of pedipalps and four pairs of walking legs. III. The metasoma ends in a telson. IV. First pair of walking legs are modified as poisonous claws.
Which of the above are true for *Heterometrus*?
Answer: (A)
Solution
Heterometrus (scorpion) is indeed a terrestrial arthropod (I true), and its metasoma (tail) ends in a telson bearing the sting (III true). The pincer-like claws
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