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Fairly sure this is Chihuahuanus, not Paravaejovis spinigerus as the claws were thicker compared to the body size and the body pattern was different compared to all of the Paravaejovis spinigerus I saw in the area.

Just upload some photos of higher resolutions of my paper.
https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2023/iss370/1/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369995922_A_new_monotypic_genus_and_species_from_China_Langxie_feti_gen_et_sp_n_Scorpiones_Buthidae

P. hirsutipes have long been a subject of confusion, in large part due to errors in their original description. The so-called adult females he based the description off of are actually juveniles. The adults are twice as large, similar in size to typical mid-sized Paruroctonus such as P. baergi, P. silvestrii, or P. boreus. This, along with their long pectines, contradicts the hypothesis of them being a part of the P. borregoensis group. Instead, they seem slightly more reminiscent of P. baergi / arenicola, although adults look quite strange and very unlike any other California Paruroctonus.

slide 1-2: Juvenile male
slides 3-4: Juvenile female
slides 5-6: Right basitarsus and telotarsus III of juvenile male and female respectively showing 9-10 basitarsal superiomedian macrosetae (blue) and 6 telotarsal retrosuperior macrosetae (red)
Slides 7-8: Adult male and adult female respectively, collected at an alternate locality further to the north by @meandthealiens

I would have rescued the little luteolus but it was no longer responsive and didn't react when I poked it, so it must have already become paralyzed by the venom. The S mesaensis was rightfully annoyed with all my poking and prodding and dragged his takeout back home.

Scorpion hiding in an old, broken television that was tossed on the side of a dirt road (my husband and I were cleaning up the mess) in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US. April 28, 2018.

Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) and southern yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa) sharing a field cricket (Gryllus) meal.

Scorpion obs: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133457467