Hottentotta syrticus (Borelli, 1914)

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 : 76

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.18590/euscorpius.2007.vol2007.iss58.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12781163
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scientific name	Hottentotta syrticus (Borelli, 1914)
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Treatment

Hottentotta syrticus (Borelli, 1914) View in CoL , nomen dubium

Buthus syrticus Borelli, 1914: 156 ; Borelli, 1934: 172; Caporiacco, 1937: 350; Vachon, 1949: 162 (1952: 248); Pérez Minocci, 1974: 22.

Buthotus syrticus : El-Hennawy, 1992: 118.

Hottentotta (Hottentotta) syrticus View in CoL : Kovařík, 1998: 110; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 144.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Libya, Homs , type lost ( MCSN) .

COMMENTS. The MCSN holotype (a male) could not be located and no additional specimens are known. The original description causes me to suspect that it could be a synonym of H. minax or H. niloticus , however since Libya has been fairly well surveyed and no Hottentotta found, it is also possible that the locality is wrong or the name is a synonym of some Buthus . This species was transferred to Buthotus (= Hottentotta ) only formally by El-Hennawy (1992: 118) and the only indication to justify the act was that Borelli (1914: 156) compared it to Buthus hottentotta .

DISTRIBUTION: Libya (Borelli, 1914: 158).