Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum (Jun 2021)

REDESCRIPTION OF SCORPIO KRUGLOVI (BIRULA, 1910) (SCORPIONES, SCORPIONIDAE) FROM THI QAR PROVINCE, SOUTH OF IRAQ

  • Ghassan A. Ali Al-Yacoub,
  • Murtatha Y. M. Al-Abbad,
  • Dhia K. Kareem

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2021.16.3.0389
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 3
pp. 389 – 398

Abstract

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Information on the scorpions' fauna of Iraq is limited especially in Thi Qar Province. The scorpion specimens of the present study were collected from the desert area which is located between the provinces of Thi Qar and Al-Muthana (Al-Kata'a region). The Scorpio kruglovi (Birula, 1910) redescribed in this study was found in this area. The diagnostic characters are given and the important features are figured.

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