Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880)

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Kovařík, František, Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2008, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part IV. Kohgilouyeh & amp; Boyer Ahmad Province, Euscorpius 2008 (74), pp. 1-24 : 5

Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880)

Figures 4 , 7 , 19–22

Buthus saulcyi Simon, 1880a: 378 ; Simon, 1880b: 29; Kraepelin, 1899: 18; Kraepelin, 1901: 267; Weidner, 1959: 99.

Buthus (Hottentotta) saulcyi : Birula, 1905 a: 136; Birula, 1917: 214; Birula, 1918: 30; Vachon, 1940b: 255.

Buthotus saulcyi : Vachon, 1949: 147 (1952: 233); Vachon, 1959: 134; Pringle, 1960: 79; Khalaf, 1962: 2; Khalaf, 1963: 64; Vachon, 1966: 210; Vachon & Stockmann, 1968: 91; Habibi, 1971: 43; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 21; Farzanpay, 1987: 148; Farzanpay, 1988: 37; El-Hennawy, 1992: 118; Kovařík, 1992: 90; Kovařík, 1992: 183; Akbari, 2007: 76; Akbari et al., 1997: 112; Dupré, Lambert & Gérard, 1998: 70.

Hottentotta saulcyi : Kovařík, 1997a: 40; Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 446; Vignoli et al., 2003: 4; Karatas, 2003: 315; Kovařík, 2007: 61; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 10; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 13; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 8.

Hottentotta (Hottentotta) saulcyi : Kovařík, 1998: 110; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 143.

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

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

KOHGILOUYEH & BOYER AHMAD PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, 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), IIΙ.2008, 2♂ 3im RRLS , 3juvs. FKCP, leg. Navidpour, Ghafarnia & Bahrani.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, known from provinces Kermanshah (formerly Bachtaran), Fars, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, and Lorestan (Kovařík, 2007: 65), Bushehr and Khoozestan (Akbari, 2007: 76, Akbari et al., 1997: 112), and Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad (first report); Afghanistan ( Kovařík, 1997a: 40), Iraq (Simon, 1880a: 379), Turkey (Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 446). Record for Syria (Kinzelbach, 1985; El-Hennawy, 1992: 118) must be considered dubious .

Figures

Figure 4: Map of Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province showing distribution of Androctonus crassicauda, Compsobuthus matthiesseni, Hottentotta saulcyi, and H. zagrosensis collected in this study.

Figures 6–7: Iran, Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Prov. 6. Dena,Yasuj to Sisakht road, 30º48'15"N 51º28'54"E, 2000 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-3). Locality where Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889) and Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 were documented. 7. Yasuj to Mourgah road, Jahanno Village, 30°29'20"N 51°31'38"E, 2153 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-4). Locality where Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905), Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880), Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889) and Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 were documented.