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The Hottentotta genus save for tamulus is neglected and understudied as a whole. There is a dearth of epidemiological surveys and venom studies involving species belonging to this large Old World genus (50+ species). It is not clearly defined what species may or may not be medically significant (e.g. southern Africa Hottentotta species are generally not regarded as medically significant).
According to "A global accounting of medically significant scorpions: epidemiology, major toxins, and comparative resources in harmless counterparts" enough evidence was found to name six species of Hottentotta as "medically significant":
Hottentotta gentili (10 confirmed human fatalities)
Hottentotta jayakari
Hottentotta saulcyi
Hottentotta schach
Hottentotta tamulus (many confirmed human fatalities, predominately pediatric ages ranging from under 1 year to 16 years of age)
Hottentotta zagrosensis
LINK -> https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10122379
* Dr Scott Stockwell has been stung twice by a H. alticola with no ill effects but suffered a systemic envenomation by a suspected H. alticola that laid him up for a whole day. He called it his worst scorpion sting (said by a man who has been stung by Leiurus).
According to "A global accounting of medically significant scorpions: epidemiology, major toxins, and comparative resources in harmless counterparts" enough evidence was found to name six species of Hottentotta as "medically significant":
Hottentotta gentili (10 confirmed human fatalities)
Hottentotta jayakari
Hottentotta saulcyi
Hottentotta schach
Hottentotta tamulus (many confirmed human fatalities, predominately pediatric ages ranging from under 1 year to 16 years of age)
Hottentotta zagrosensis
LINK -> https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10122379
* Dr Scott Stockwell has been stung twice by a H. alticola with no ill effects but suffered a systemic envenomation by a suspected H. alticola that laid him up for a whole day. He called it his worst scorpion sting (said by a man who has been stung by Leiurus).