the genus Hottentotta

[Vincent]

Can anybody tell me if the following list is correct and up to date??

Hottentotta accostai
Hottentotta alticola
-- Hottentotta alticola alticola
-- Hottentotta alticola buchariensis
-- Hottentotta alticola kabulensis
-- Hottentotta alticola minusalta
-- Hottentotta alticola nigrifrons
-- Hottentotta alticola penjabensis
Hottentotta arenaceus
Hottentotta caboverdensis
Hottentotta conspersus
Hottentotta eminii
Hottentotta franzwerneri
-- Hottentotta franzwerneri franzwerneri
-- Hottentotta franzwerneri gentili
Hottentotta fuscitruncus
Hottentotta hottentotta
-- Hottentotta hottentotta hottentotta
-- Hottentotta hottentotta nigrocarinatus
Hottentotta jayakari
-- Hottentotta jayakari jayakari
-- Hottentotta jayakari salei
Hottentotta judaicus
Hottentotta kraepelini
Hottentotta minax
-- Hottentotta minax minax
-- Hottentotta minax niloticus
-- Hottentotta minax occidentalis
-- Hottentotta minax tigrinus
Hottentotta polystictus
Hottentotta saulcyi
Hottentotta scaber
Hottentotta schach
Hottentotta socotrensis
Hottentotta syrticus
Hottentotta trilineatus
Hottentotta zagrosensis

 

[Prymal]

Vincent,

If I recall, H. h. nigrocarinatus = H. nigrocarinatus (Lourenco & Ythier, 2006). It was elevated to species level (Lourenco & Ythier. 2006. Description of a new species of Hottentotta from the Cape Verde Islands. Boletin Soc. Entomol. Aragonesa 38: 71-75).
Eric posted the link to the paper on AB a few weeks back. Aside from that, everything seems up to date and accurate.

Luc

 

[Michiel]

Hey Vincent,


Kovarik published an article about the scorpions of Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea and Somalia. There is passage about a couple of Hottentotta species. I am at work right now, so I can't give you any info. I have the document at homme somewhere..
Ciao, Michiel

 

[Prymal]

Michiel,

Glad you pointed that out. I had totally forgotten that Kovarik published that material in his paper.

Vincent,

Go to:

http://www.butbn.cas.cz/klimes/arachno/kov0.html

(The above is the bibliography of Kovarik and many of his papers are available from the site for download - wish more taxonomists/scorpion researchers would do the same!)

and download the paper and make your determinations based on the contents. Examples are: H. eminii and H. fuscitruncus are synonyms of H. trilineatus and H. h. niloticus is elevated to full species status.

Luc