Hottentotta Birula, 1908

Amiri, Masoumeh, Prendini, Lorenzo, Hussen, Fenik Sherzad, Aliabadian, Mansour, Siahsarvie, Roohollah & Mirshamsi, Omid, 2024, Integrative systematics of the widespread Middle Eastern buthid scorpion, Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880), reveals a new species in Iran, Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 82, pp. 323-341 : 323

Genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908

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Figures

Figure 1. Geographical distributions of Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880) and Hottentotta hatamtiorum sp. nov., plotted on the topography of Iran. Green and red circles denote collection localities of specimens used in morphometric analysis (A) and samples sequenced for phylogenetic analysis (B) assessed to be conspecific with H. saulcyi and H. hatamtiorum sp. nov., respectively. Blue squares assessed to be conspecific with H. saulcyi based on records from the literature.

Figure 2. Bayesian inference (BI) phylogeny of Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880), Hottentotta hatamtiorum sp. nov., and the outrgroup, Hottentotta schach (Birula, 1905), based on 2009 aligned nucleotide base-pairs of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. Nodal support values above branches represent posterior probability values from BI and bootstrap values from Maximum likelihood analyses. Scale bar represents number of substitutions per nucleotide site.

Figure 3. Boxplots of overall size for ten populations (males and females) of Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880) and Hottentotta hatamtiorum sp. nov.

Figure 4. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) of Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880) and Hottentotta hatamtiorum sp. nov., based on sex corrected shape data. Dashed lines indicate minimum spanning tree (MST).

Figure 5. Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880), habitus, dorsal aspect (A, C), ventral aspect (B, D). A, B. ♂ (ZMFUM 2001); C, D. ♀ (ZMFUM 2063). Scale bars = 10 mm.

Figure 6. Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880), habitus (UV fluorescence), dorsal aspect (A, C), ventral aspect (B, D). A, B. ♂ (ZMFUM 2001); C, D. ♀ (ZMFUM 2063). Scale bars = 10 mm.

Figure 7. Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880), pedipalp segments (UV fluorescence): femur, dorsal aspect (A, B), patella, dorsal aspect (C, D), and chela, lateral aspect (E, F). A, C, E ♂ (ZMFUM 2001); B, D, F. ♀ (ZMFUM 2063). Scale bars = 2.5 mm.

Figure 8. Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880), metasomal segments (UV fluorescence), lateral aspect (A, B), ventral aspect (C, D). A, C ♂ (ZMFUM 2001); B, D ♀ (ZMFUM 2063). Scale bars = 10 mm.

Figure 9. Hottentotta hatamtiorum sp. nov., habitus, dorsal aspect (A, C), ventral aspect (B, D). A, B Holotype ♂ (ZMFUM 1977). C, D Paratype ♀ (ZMFUM 1981). Scale bars = 10 mm.

Figure 10. Hottentotta hatamtiorum sp. nov., habitus (UV fluorescence), dorsal aspect (A, C), ventral aspect (B, D). A, B Holotype ♂ (ZMFUM 1977); C, D Paratype ♀ (ZMFUM 1981). Scale bars = 10 mm.

Figure 11. Hottentotta hatamtiorum sp. nov., pedipalp segments (UV fluorescence): femur, dorsal aspect (A, B), patella, dorsal aspect (C, D) and chela, lateral aspect (E, F). A, C, E Holotype ♂ (ZMFUM 1977); B, D, F, paratype ♂ (ZMFUM 1981). Scale bars = 2.5 mm.

Figure 12. Hottentotta hatamtiorum sp. nov., metasomal segments (UV fluorescence), lateral aspect (A, B), ventral aspect (C, D). A, C Holotype ♂ (ZMFUM 1977); B, D Paratype ♀ (ZMFUM 1981). Scale bars = 10 mm.