Hottentotta judaicus (Simon, 1872)

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 : 40-43

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Hottentotta judaicus (Simon, 1872) View in CoL

( Figs. 13 View Figures 13–16 , 64–67 View Figure 64 View Figure 65 View Figure 66 View Figure 67 )

Buthus judaicus Simon, 1872: 252 ; Thorell, 1876: 115; Simon, 1879: 99; Simon, 1880b: 29; Simon, 1884: 191; Pocock, 1891: 242; Simon, 1892: 83; Kraepelin, 1895: 81 (in part); Pavesi, 1895a: 4; Kraepelin, 1899: 19; Kraepelin, 1901: 267; Werner, 1902: 597; Birula, 1905: 136; Schenkel, 1932: 379; Werner, 1935: 211; Bücherl, 1959: 257; Amitai et al., 1981: 1083.

Buthus (Buthus) judaicus : Pocock, 1890a: 126; Birula, 1900: 12; Werner, 1934: 269; Roewer, 1943: 206.

Buthus (Hottentotta) judaicus : Birula, 1914: 654; Vachon, 1940b: 255.

Dasyscorpio judaicus : Pallary, 1938: 279.

Buthotus judaicus : Vachon, 1949: 144 (1952: 230); Vachon, 1951: 344; Shulov, 1958: 879; Shulov & Amitai, 1959: 223; Vachon, 1958: 134; Shulov & Amitai, 1958: 354; Vachon, 1966: 210; San Martin & Gambardella, 1967: 18; Vachon & Stockmann, 1968: 91; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 21; Levy & Amitai, 1980: 54; Kinzelbach, 1984: 100; Amr et al., 1988: 373; El-Hennawy, 1988: 14; El-Hennawy, 1992: 116; Amr & El-oran, 1994: 186; Kabakibi, Khalil & Amr, 1999: 80.

Buthotus (Hottentotta) judaicus : Birula, 1910: 170; Birula, 1917: 200; Vachon, 1947a: 26; Vachon, 1947b: 162.

Hottentotta judaica : Hadley, 1990: 327; Polis & Sissom, 1990: 166; Sissom, 1990: 92; Warburg & Polis, 1990: 225; Dupre & Balliet, 1997: 5; Kovařík, 2002: 7.

Hottentotta judaicus View in CoL : Kovařík, 1997a: 43; Crucitti, 1999: 82; Stathi & Mylonas, 2001: 288; Karatas, 2003: 315.

Hottentotta (Hottentotta) judaica : Kovařík, 1998: 110; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 140.

= Buthus hedenborgii Thorell, 1876: 113 (syn. by Simon, 1879: 99).

Buthus hottentotta View in CoL (in part): Kraepelin, 1891: 185 (see Kraepelin, 1899: 19).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Israel, Jerusalem, Jordan Valley, shores of the Dead Sea ; MNHN.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Israel, Tel-Aviv, 2♀, SMFD No. 6663/70; Jaffa , 1885, 1♂ 1♀ (im.), leg. H. Simon, SMFD

No. 5255; Haifa , 1886, 1♂ 3♀, leg. H. Simon, SMFD No. 5243. Jordan, 1juv., 10.V.1956, leg. J. Klapperich, HNHM ; Betlem , 2♂ 1♀ 2juvs., 1985, FKCP ; Gastel Aulun , 1♂ (im.), 5.V.1995, leg. M. Kaftan, FKCP ; Jerash, 1♂ (im.), 5.V.1995, leg. V. Šejna, FKCP ; King Talal Dam , 1♂ ( Figs. 64–65 View Figure 64 View Figure 65 ), 28.IV.1996, leg. D. Modrý, FKCP ; NW, Zoubia , 3♀ ( Figs. 13 View Figures 13–16 , 66–67 View Figure 66 View Figure 67 ) 1♂, IV.1996, leg. D. Modrý, FKCP . “ Palestina ”, 1♂ 1♀ (im.), det.1992, FKCP . Syria, 1839, 1♂ 1♀, leg. Rosenbach, SMFD No. 5244; Qunawat , 1juv., 30.VI.1994, leg .

D.Vlasta, FKCP; 1♀, 1994, leg. D. Modrý, FKCP; 1♂, V.1994 , leg. D. Modrý, FKCP .

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 60–8 0 mm, males usually smaller than females. For habitus see Figs. 64–67 View Figure 64 View Figure 65 View Figure 66 View Figure 67 .

Trichobothrium db on the fixed finger of pedipalp situated between trichobothria et and est ( Fig. 1 View Figures 1–4 ). Chelicerae black, reticulate. Sexual dimorphism not pronounced, width of pedipalp chela same in both sexes. Pectinal teeth number 27–32 in males, 22–27 in females. Pedipalps sparsely hirsute. Metasoma bears only a few hairs. Color black except for reddish brown fingers of pedipalps; ends of first and second tarsomeres may be yellow in some specimens. Femur of pedipalp with 5 carinae. Surfaces of femur and patella granulate. Patella with 8 carinae. Chela lacks carinae. Movable fingers of pedipalps with 13–14 rows of granules and 5 terminal granules. Seventh metasomal segment with 4 well marked ventral carinae. First metasomal segment with 10 carinae; second segment with 8 or 10 carinae; third segment with 8 carinae and sometimes a short row of granules in center of lateral part; fourth segment with 8 carinae; fifth segment with 5 carinae, 3 ventral (1 median, 2 lateral) and 2 dorsal. Dorsal surface smooth, fifth metasomal segment bears 2 short, inconspicuous carinae. First and second metasomal segments of both sexes longer than wide. Second to fourth metasomal segment width ratio less than 1.2.

DISTRIBUTION: Israel (Simon, 1872: 252), Jordan (Birula, 1914: 654), Lebanon (Vachon, 1966: 210), “ Palestine ” ( Kraepelin, 1899: 19), Syria (Kraepelin, 1 899: 19), and Turkey (Birula, 1910: 170).

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Figures

Figure 64: Hottentotta judaicus, dorsal view, male from Jordan, King Talal Dam, FKCP.

Figure 65: Hottentotta judaicus, ventral view, male from Jordan, King Talal Dam, FKCP.

Figure 66: Hottentotta judaicus, dorsal view, female from Jordan, Zoubia, FKCP.

Figure 67: Hottentotta judaicus, ventral view, female from Jordan, Zoubia, FKCP.