Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880)

(Figs. 46–51)

Buthus saulcyi Simon, 1880: 378 .

Buthotus saulcyi: Vachon, 1949: 147 (1952: 233); Akbari et al., 1997: 112; Akbari, 2007: 76.

Hottentotta saulcyi: Kovařík, 1997: 40; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 143 (complete reference list until 2000); Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 446; Kovařík, 2007: 61; Navidpour et al., 2008: 5; Yağmur et al., 2008: 1; Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 6; Navidpour et al., 2012: 7–9, fig. 10; Kovařík & Ojanguren, 2013, figs. 978–982, 1131, 133–1135 (complete reference list until 2013).

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

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Afghanistan, Djebel us Saraj, 1♂, 1990, FKCP . Iraq, Dohuk Province, S foothill of Chiaje-Dairi Mountain Range, 5 km E of Bersivi Village, 17 km E of Zakho City, 37°11'12"N 42°54' 55"E, stony dry sparse maquis shrubland, 760-820 m a.s.l., 26.IV.2017, 1♀ (Fig. 48), leg. A. A. Fomichev, FKCP . Iran, Bushehr Province, Tangestan, Ahram, 28°51'45"N 51°20'50"E, 123 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu- 36), XI.2007, 1im., leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh, FKCP ; Fars Province, 80 km SE Darab, 28°25´23”N 55°09´09”E, 1512 m a.s.l., 24.V.2014, 1♀ 2juvs., leg. W. Grosser, FKCP ; Hamadan Province, ca 2000 m a.s.l., 35 km SE of Hamadan, Gonbad Village env., 1♀ 2juvs., 7.-8.V.1996, leg. M. Kaftan, FKCP ; Alandzhe, 1700 m a.s.l., 34°44'54"N 47°57'52"E, 2♀, 5.- 6.X.1998, leg. P. Kabátek, FKCP ; Ilam Province, 1786 m a.s.l., 30 km NW Ilám, 33°43'N 46°41'E, 7.VII.2004, 1♀ (Fig. 49), leg. P. Kabátek, FKCP ; Kermanshah (formerly Bachtaran) Province, Bisotul, 1300-1600 m a.s.l., 34°23'31"N 47°26'05"E, 1♂ 3♀ 1juv., 6.-8.X.1998, leg. P. Kabátek, 1♀ (Fig. 51), leg. M. Kaftan, FKCP ; Hasrouabad, 1300 m a.s.l., 34°10'09"N 46°21'56"E, 2♂ 1♀ 1im., 17.-18.X.1998, leg. P. Kabátek ; Khoozestan Province, Andimeshk District, Bidrooyeh, Jahangiri Village, 32°46'15"N 48°15'26"E, 504 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bi 813-1 and 2), X.2007, 1♀ im. 1juv., leg. Masihipour & Hayader, FKCP ; Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province, Yasuj to Mourgah road, Jahanno Village, 30°29' 20"N 51°31'38"E, 2153 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-4), ΠΙ.2008, 3juvs., leg. Navidpour, Ghafarnia & Bahrani, FKCP ; Lorestan Province, Dorud, 80 km E Horramabad, 33°27'N 49°01'E, 10.VI.1999, 1♂, leg. P. Kabátek, FKCP ; Aligudarz, Shoolabad Village, 33°11'44"N 49°11'31"E, 1755 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO- 1363), X.2009, 1♀ (Fig. 50), leg. A. Pahlavani, A. Bahreei, M. Bahreei & R. Amraee, FKCP . Turkey, Batman Province, Central District, 15 km south of Batman town, 17.VIII.2007, 37°48'04"N 41°13'43"E, 700 m a. s. l., 1♂ 3♀, leg. E. A. Yağmur & A. Kürşat, AZMM ; Hakkâri Province, Çukurca District, Çukurca Town, 18.V.2011, 37°15'08"N 43°36'51"E, 1397 m a.s.l., 1 juv., leg. E. A. Yağmur & M. Özkörük, AZMM ; Çukurca District, Geçimli Village, 24.VI.2007, 37°21' 55"N 43°30'40"E, 930 m a.s.l., 1♀, leg. F. Kayraklı, AZMM ; Çukurca District, Köprülü Village, 26.VI.2007, 37°18'26"N 43°30'32"E, 940 m a.s.l., 1♂, leg. İ. Dinler, AZMM ; Mardin Province, Yeşilli District, 1 km North of Nahraza Quarter, 9.VIII.2006, 1♂ 1♀, leg. E. A. Yağmur & A. Kürşat, AZMM ; Central District, Eskikale Village, 4.VIII.2006, 6♂ 5♀, leg. E. A. Yağmur & M. Yalçın, AZMM ; Central District, Yolbaşı Village, 27.VI.2007, 37°16'00"N 40°48'00"E, 658 m a.s.l., 2♂ 2♀, leg. H. Koç & A. V. Gromov, AZMM ; Şırnak Province, Central District, Kasrik Village, 37°25'39"N 42°14'13.4"E, 494 m a.s.l., 28.X.2011, 1♂ 1♀ (Figs. 46– 47), FKCP , 1♂ 2♀, AZMM, leg. S. Demirci; Silopi District, Çardaklı Village, 12.X.2003, 37°14'00"N 42°35'14"E, 665 m a.s.l., 1 juv., leg. M. Mürsel, AZMM ; Silopi District, Görümlü Village, 37°20'20"N 42°34' 30"E, 1009 m a.s.l., 20.V.2010, 1♀, leg. E. A. Yağmur & M. Özkörük, AZMM ; Silopi District, Esenli Village, 37°17'20"N 42°26'54"E, 607 m a.s.l., 24.IV.2010, 1♀, S. Demirci, AZMM ; Silopi District, Kösreli Village, lower slopes of Cudi Mountain (Kurtik Hill), 26.IX.2004, 37°21'24"N 42°25'30"E, 1155 m a.s.l., 1♀, leg. M. Mürsel, AZMM ; Beytüşşebab District, Başaran Village, 25.VI.2007, 37°28'50"N 43°07'23"E, 1150 m a.s.l., 1♀, leg. H. Koç & A. V. Gromov, AZMM ; İdil District, Yörük Village, 26.VI.2007, 36°16'58,1"N 42°01'10"E, 658 m a.s.l., 1♂ 1♀, leg. H. Koç & A. V. Gromov, AZMM .

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 75–120 mm, males usually smaller than females. Trichobothrium db on fixed finger of pedipalp situated between trichobothria et and est. Male with slightly longer and narrower metasomal segments, width of pedipalp chela same in both sexes. Pectinal teeth number 28–36 in males, 24–29 in females. Nearly entire body hirsute, pedipalps, dorsal surface of mesosoma, legs, lateral and ventral surfaces of metasomal segments, and vesicle densely hirsute. Hairs on patella of pedipalps are long. Chelicerae black, reticulate. Color yellow to yellowish green or brown, except black anterior part of carapace, telson and fifth metasomal segment. Ventral carinae on third and fourth metasomal segments may be also black. Femur of pedipalp with 5 carinae. Patella with 4–8 carinae. Chela lacks carinae. Movable fingers of pedipalps with 14–16 rows of granules and 5 or 6 terminal granules. Seventh sternite with 4 well marked carinae. First metasomal segment with 10 carinae; second and third with 8 or 10 carinae; fourth with 6–10 carinae; fifth with 5 carinae, 3 ventral (one median, two lateral) and two dorsal. Carinae of metasomal segments often smooth. All metasomal segments smooth, without granules between carinae. First and second metasomal segments of both sexes longer than wide.

DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan (Kovařík, 1997: 40); Iran, verified from Kermanshah (formerly Bachtaran), Fars, Hamadan, Ilam, Lorestan (Kovařík, 2007: 65), Bushehr, Khoozestan (Akbari, 2007: 76; Akbari et al., 1997: 112), Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad (Navidpour et al., 2008: 5), Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari (Pirali- Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 6), Qazvin (Karataş et al., 2012), Zanjan (Moradi et al., 2015), and West Azerbaijan (Moradi et al., 2017) Provinces; Iraq (Simon, 1880: 379); Turkey (Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 446).