Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880)

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Soleglad, Michael E., Fet, Victor & Kovařík, František, 2008, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part II. Bushehr Province, Euscorpius 67 (69), pp. 1-33 : 13

Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880)

Figures 2 , 22 , 29–32

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

Buthus (Hottentotta) saulcyi : Birula, 1905a: 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., 2008: 10 .

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.

BUSHEHR PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran , Bushehr Prov., Tangestan , Ahram, 28°51'45"N 51°20'50"E, 123 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-36), XI.2007, 2♂ RRLS , 1im. FKCP, leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, known from Kermanshah (formerly Bachtaran), Fars, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, and Lorestan Provinces (Kovařík, 2007: 65), Bushehr and Khoozestan Provinces (Akbari et al., 1997: 112; Akbari, 2007: 76; Navidpour et al., 2008: 9); 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 22: Map of Bushehr province showing distribution of Hottentotta saulcyi, Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii and Odontobuthus bidentatus collected in this study.

Figures 2–3: Iran, Bushehr Province. 2. Tangestan, Ahram, 28°51'45"N 51°20'50"E, 123 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-36). Recorded occurence of Compsobuthus persicus sp. n., Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880), Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889), Orthochirus farzanpayi (Vachon et Farzanpay, 1987), Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903), and Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861. 3. Dayer road, village, 26°28'12"N 51°07'40"E, 405 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-21). Recorded occurence of Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889).