Hottentotta hottentotta not parthenogenetic ?

[THR]

https://www.researchgate.net/public...rts_of_parthenogenesis_in_Scorpions_Arachnida

What do u think of this article? Does non-thelytokous and/or facultative parthenogenesis mean the H. hottentotta is not parthenogenetic at all?

 

[badscorp]

well we've seen Hottentotta Hottentotta give birth without a male.

 

[Patherophis]

thelytokous only mean what sex is offspring (all female), and facultative that species is also able of normal sexual reproduction, both of these are only subcathegories of parthenogeny

Dont take this article too seriously. Francke reject parthenogeny for Hottentotta hottentotta and Tityus stigmurus.
1. Francke without any own proof questions claims by scorpion expert Lourenço
2. Presence of parthenogeny in H. hottentotta and T. stigmurus is undeniable, as parthenogenetic lines of these species have been kept for generations.

Better reading: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992008000100003

 

[SonsofArachne]

My T. stigmurus was alone from third instar on when she gave birth. I'd say this article is bull.