Hottentotta socotrensis ( Pocock, 1889 )

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 : 69-73

Hottentotta socotrensis ( Pocock, 1889)

( Figs. 4 , 107–111 )

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

Buthus socotrensis Pocock, 1889: 337 ; Kraepelin, 1899: 20; Pocock, 190 3a: 178;? Borelli, 1 915: 460; Strand, 1916: 49.

Buthus (Buthus) socotrensis : Pocock, 1890a: 126; Birula, 1917: 213, 229.

Buthus hottentotta socotrensis : Lönnberg, 1897: 183.

Buthotus (Balfourianus) socotrensis : Vachon, 1979: 233.

Buthotus socotrensis : Probst, 1973: 329.

Hottentotta (Balfourianus) socotrensis : Kovařík, 1998: 111; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 145; Lourenço, 2004: 211.

Hottentotta socotrensis : Kovařík, 2000: 64; Šťastný, Kovařík & Bejček, 2000: 64; Kabátek, Kovařík & Král, 2005: 73.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Socotra Island ; BMNH.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Yemen , Socotra Island, XI.199 9, 5♂ 13♀ ( Fig. 107 )7juvs., leg. K. Šťastný , III.2000, 3♂ 8♀ 3ims.4juvs., leg. K. Štastný, FKCP ; Ayhaft , 3.IX.2000, 1juv., leg. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, FKCP ; Firmihin , 12°47'N 54°01'E, 530 m., X.2000, 1♂ 1♀ 1juv., leg. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, FKCP ; Noged , 12°31'N 53°67'E, 250 m., 12. –13.XI.2000, 1♀, leg. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, FKCP ; Calanthia , 29–30.III.2001, 2♂ ( Figs. 1 08–109), leg. V. Bejček & K. Šťastný, FKCP ; Hadiboh env., ca 10– 100 m., 12°65'02"N 54°02'04"E, 21.XI.– 12.XII.20 03, 2♂ 2♀ ( Figs. 110–111 )2ims., leg. P. Kabátek & D. Král, FKCP ; Wadi Hoq , 54 m., 12°41'32"N 54°01'35"E, 22.XI.2003, 1♀, leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Suq , sand dune, 20– 170 m., 12°40'02"N 54°03'45"E, 22.XI.2003, 1♀ 1juv., leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Gubbah vill. env., 7 m., 12°36'35"N 53°46'56"E, 23.XI.2003, 1♂ 1juv., leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Wadi Ayhaft , 190 m., 12°36'38"N 53°58'49"E, 24. –26.XI.2003, 1♂ 4♀ 5ims.5juvs., leg. P. Kabátek & D. Král, FKCP ; Wadi Deneghen , 85 m., 12°36'55"N 54°03'49"E, 27.XI.2003, 1♀, leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Qaariah vill. env., 11 m., 12°38'05"N 54°12'39"E, 28.XI.2003, 1♀, leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Homhil protected area, 364 m., 12°34'27"N 54°18'32"E, 28.–29.XI.2003, 1♂, leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Wadi Shederhed , 290 m., 12°36'11"N 54°08'07"E, 30.XI.2003, 1juv., leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Dixam plateau, Sirhin area, 812 m., 12°31'08"N 53°59'09"E, 1. – 2.XII.2003, 1♀ 1juv., leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Al Haghier mts. , W slopes, Skant area, 12°35'52"N 54°00'01"E, 1240 m., 2.XII.2003, 1♀, leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Dixam plateau, Firmihin area, 428 m., 12°47'40"N 54°01'53"E, 3.XII.2003, 2juvs., leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Ba’a vill. env., 234 m., 2°32'19"N 54°10'41"E, 5.XII.2003, 2♀ 1juv., leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Noged plain, Qaareh (waterfall), 57 m., 12°20'10"N 53°37'56"E, 5.–6.XII.2003, 1im.2juvs., leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Noged plain, sand dunes, 11 m., 12°21'09"N 54°01'47"E, 5.–6. XII.2003, 1♂, leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Noged plain, Wadi Ireeh, 95 m., 12°23'11"N 53°59'47"E, 6.–7.XII.2003, 1im.2juvs., leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Qalansiyah env., Ditwah (lagoon), 23 m., 12°41'42"N 53°30'08"E, 9.XII.2003, 1♀ 1juv., leg. D. Král, FKCP ; Qalansiyah env., Khayrha mts., N slopes, 12°38'50"N 53°27'45"E, 85– 592 m., 9.–10. XII.2003, 1♀ 1juv., leg. D. Král, FKCP .

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 60–80 mm. For habitus see Figs. 107–110 . Trichobothrium db on the fixed finger of pedipalp located between trichobothria et and dt or on level with trichobothrium et ( Fig. 4 ). Male metasomal and pedipalp segments longer and narrower, fingers of pedipalps slightly twisted, vesicle narrower (female vesicle markedly inflated). Pectinal teeth number 27–32 in males, 22–26 in females. Entire body only sparsely hirsute, especially metasomal segments. Color yellow to yellowish brown, only front parts of carapace, fingers and chelicerae black. Chelicerae reticulate. Femur of pedipalps with five carinae, patella with eight carinae. Most carinae smooth, often indistinct, with only a few granules. Chela lacks carinae. Movable fingers of pedipalps with 14 or rarely 15 rows of granules and 5 or 6 terminal granules. Seventh metasomal segment with four well defined ventral carinae. First to fourth metasomal segments with 10 carinae. Fifth metasomal segment with 7 carinae, 5 ventral (3 median, 2 lateral) and 2 dorsal, any of which may be indistinct. First metasomal segment of female may be wider than long, in male is always longer than wide. Second metasomal segment always longer than wide. Second to fourth metasomal segment width ratio less than 1.2.

DISTRIBUTION: Yemen: Socotra Islands ( Pocock, 1889: 337). Record for Aden (Borelli, 1915: 460) must be considered dubious.

Figures

Figure 107: Hottentotta socotrensis, dorsal view, female and male from Yemen, Socotra Island, FKCP.

Figure 108: Hottentotta socotrensis, dorsal view, male from Yemen, Socotra Island, Calanthia, FKCP.

Figure 109: Hottentotta socotrensis, ventral view, male from Yemen, Socotra Island, Calanthia, FKCP.

Figure 110: Hottentotta socotrensis, dorsal view, female from Yemen, Socotra Island, Hadiboh env., 12°65'02"N 54°02'04"E, FKCP.

Figure 111: Hottentotta socotrensis, dorsal view of fourth and fifth metasomal segments, female from Yemen, Socotra Island, Hadiboh env., 12°65'02"N 54°02'04"E, FKCP.

Figures 1–4: 1–3. H. zagrosensis, holotype. 1. chela external, 2. femur dorsal, 3. movable finger. 4. H. socotrensis, chela external.