Hottentotta saulcyi ( Simon, 1880 )

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Kovařík, František, Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2019, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part X. Alborz, Markazi and Tehran Provinces with a description of Orthochirus carinatus sp. n. (Buthidae), Euscorpius 276, pp. 1-20 : 3

Hottentotta saulcyi ( Simon, 1880)

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Buthus saulcyi Simon, 1880a: 378 ; Simon, 1880b: 29; Kraepelin, 1899: 18.

Hottentotta saulcyi: Fet & Lowe, 2000: 143 ; Navidpour et al., 2013: 3–4, figs. 2–3; Kovařík & Ojanguren, 2013, figs. 978–982, 1131, 133–1135 (complete reference list until 2013); Moradi et al, 2015: 12; Kovařík et al., 2018: 10–13, figs. 46–51.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iraq, Mosul ; MNHN, ZMUH.

ALBORZ AND MARKAZI PROVINCES MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Alborz Province, Najmabad , 35°48'57.6" N 50°35'50.1"E, 210 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Al-108), VI .2013, 1♂ 3♀ ( FKCP) 3♂ 3♀ ( RRLS), leg. Rabiei, Barzegar and Fallahpour ; Alborz Province, Taleghan road to Samghabab village , 36°06'24.8"N 50°34'29.9"E, 1781 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Al-118), VI .2013, 8♀ ( RRLS), leg. Rabiei, Barzegar and Fallahpour. Markazi Province, Lajrood village , 34°01'19.2"N 49°18'24.6"E, 1926 m a.s.l. (Locality No. M-102), V .2014, 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. Masihipour, Hayader and Behmam.

DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan; Iran, verified from Bushehr, Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari, Fars, Hamadan, Ilam, Kermanshah (formerly Bachtaran), Khoozestan, Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad, Lorestan, Qazvin, Zanjan, West Azerbaijan Provinces; Iraq; and Turkey (see Kovařík et al., 2018: 13). There are new records for Alborz and Markazi P rovinces .

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Figures 52–53: Distribution of Compsobuthus matthiesseni (top) and Hottentotta saulcyi (bottom), yellow icons. Outlines in each map delineate three provinces in northern Iran: Alborz (upper left), Markazi (lower left) and Tehran (upper right).