Hottentotta socotrensis ( Pocock, 1889 )

Kovařík, František, 2007, A revision of the genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908, with descriptions of four new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae), Euscorpius 58 (58), pp. 1-107 : 69-73

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Hottentotta socotrensis ( Pocock, 1889 )
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Hottentotta socotrensis ( Pocock, 1889) View in CoL

( Figs. 4 View Figures 1–4 , 107–111 View Figure 107 View Figure 108 View Figure 109 View Figure 110 View Figure 111 )

Buthus hottentotta View in CoL : Kraepelin, 1891: 185 (in part).

Buthus socotrensis Pocock, 1889: 337 ; Kraepelin, 1899: 20; Pocock, 190 3a: 178;? Borelli, 1 915: 460; Strand, 1916: 49.

Buthus (Buthus) socotrensis : Pocock, 1890a: 126; Birula, 1917: 213, 229.

Buthus hottentotta socotrensis : Lönnberg, 1897: 183.

Buthotus (Balfourianus) socotrensis : Vachon, 1979: 233.

Buthotus socotrensis : Probst, 1973: 329.

Hottentotta (Balfourianus) socotrensis View in CoL : Kovařík, 1998: 111; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 145; Lourenço, 2004: 211.

Hottentotta socotrensis View in CoL : Kovařík, 2000: 64; Šťastný, Kovařík & Bejček, 2000: 64; Kabátek, Kovařík & Král, 2005: 73.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Socotra Island ; BMNH.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Yemen , Socotra Island, XI.199 9, 5♂ 13♀ ( Fig. 107 View Figure 107 )7juvs., leg. K. Šťastný , III.2000, 3♂ 8♀ 3ims.4juvs., leg. K. Štastný, FKCP ; Ayhaft , 3.IX.2000, 1juv., leg. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, FKCP ; Firmihin , 12°47'N 54°01'E, 530 m., X.2000, 1♂ 1♀ 1juv., leg. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Noged , 12°31'N 53°67'E, 250 m., 12. –13.XI.2000, 1♀, leg. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, FKCP ; Calanthia , 29–30.III.2001, 2♂ ( Figs. 1 View Figures 1–4 08–109), leg. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, FKCP ; Hadiboh env., ca 10– 100 m., 12°65'02"N 54°02'04"E, 21.XI.– 12.XII.20 03, 2♂ 2♀ ( Figs. 110–111 View Figure 110 View Figure 111 )2ims., leg. P. Kabátek & D. Král, FKCP ; Wadi Hoq , 54 m., 12°41'32"N 54°01'35"E, 22.XI.2003, 1♀, leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Suq , sand dune, 20– 170 m., 12°40'02"N 54°03'45"E, 22.XI.2003, 1♀ 1juv., leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Gubbah vill. env., 7 m., 12°36'35"N 53°46'56"E, 23.XI.2003, 1♂ 1juv., leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Wadi Ayhaft , 190 m., 12°36'38"N 53°58'49"E, 24. –26.XI.2003, 1♂ 4♀ 5ims.5juvs., leg. P. Kabátek & D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Wadi Deneghen , 85 m., 12°36'55"N 54°03'49"E, 27.XI.2003, 1♀, leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Qaariah vill. env., 11 m., 12°38'05"N 54°12'39"E, 28.XI.2003, 1♀, leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Homhil protected area, 364 m., 12°34'27"N 54°18'32"E, 28.–29.XI.2003, 1♂, leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Wadi Shederhed , 290 m., 12°36'11"N 54°08'07"E, 30.XI.2003, 1juv., leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Dixam plateau, Sirhin area, 812 m., 12°31'08"N 53°59'09"E, 1. – 2.XII.2003, 1♀ 1juv., leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Al Haghier mts. , W slopes, Skant area, 12°35'52"N 54°00'01"E, 1240 m., 2.XII.2003, 1♀, leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Dixam plateau, Firmihin area, 428 m., 12°47'40"N 54°01'53"E, 3.XII.2003, 2juvs., leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Ba’a vill. env., 234 m., 2°32'19"N 54°10'41"E, 5.XII.2003, 2♀ 1juv., leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Noged plain, Qaareh (waterfall), 57 m., 12°20'10"N 53°37'56"E, 5.–6.XII.2003, 1im.2juvs., leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Noged plain, sand dunes, 11 m., 12°21'09"N 54°01'47"E, 5.–6. XII.2003, 1♂, leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Noged plain, Wadi Ireeh, 95 m., 12°23'11"N 53°59'47"E, 6.–7.XII.2003, 1im.2juvs., leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Qalansiyah env., Ditwah (lagoon), 23 m., 12°41'42"N 53°30'08"E, 9.XII.2003, 1♀ 1juv., leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps ; Qalansiyah env., Khayrha mts., N slopes, 12°38'50"N 53°27'45"E, 85– 592 m., 9.–10. XII.2003, 1♀ 1juv., leg. D. Král, FKCP GoogleMaps .

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 60–80 mm. For habitus see Figs. 107–110 View Figure 107 View Figure 108 View Figure 109 View Figure 110 . Trichobothrium db on the fixed finger of pedipalp located between trichobothria et and dt or on level with trichobothrium et ( Fig. 4 View Figures 1–4 ). Male metasomal and pedipalp segments longer and narrower, fingers of pedipalps slightly twisted, vesicle narrower (female vesicle markedly inflated). Pectinal teeth number 27–32 in males, 22–26 in females. Entire body only sparsely hirsute, especially metasomal segments. Color yellow to yellowish brown, only front parts of carapace, fingers and chelicerae black. Chelicerae reticulate. Femur of pedipalps with five carinae, patella with eight carinae. Most carinae smooth, often indistinct, with only a few granules. Chela lacks carinae. Movable fingers of pedipalps with 14 or rarely 15 rows of granules and 5 or 6 terminal granules. Seventh metasomal segment with four well defined ventral carinae. First to fourth metasomal segments with 10 carinae. Fifth metasomal segment with 7 carinae, 5 ventral (3 median, 2 lateral) and 2 dorsal, any of which may be indistinct. First metasomal segment of female may be wider than long, in male is always longer than wide. Second metasomal segment always longer than wide. Second to fourth metasomal segment width ratio less than 1.2.

DISTRIBUTION: Yemen: Socotra Islands ( Pocock, 1889: 337). Record for Aden (Borelli, 1915: 460) must be considered dubious.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Buthidae

Genus

Hottentotta

Loc

Hottentotta socotrensis ( Pocock, 1889 )

Kovařík, František 2007
2007
Loc

Hottentotta socotrensis

KOVARIK 2000: 64
2000
Loc

Hottentotta (Balfourianus) socotrensis

LOURENCO 2004: 211
KOVARIK 1998: 111
1998
Loc

Buthus hottentotta socotrensis

LONNBERG 1897: 183
1897
Loc

Buthus hottentotta

KRAEPELIN 1891: 185
1891
Loc

Buthus (Buthus) socotrensis

POCOCK 1890: 126
1890
Loc

Buthus socotrensis

KRAEPELIN 1899: 20
POCOCK 1889: 337
1889
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