Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum (Dec 2022)

HOTTENTOTTA POOYANI SP. NOV. (SCORPIONES, BUTHIDAE) FROM THE KHUZESTAN PROVINCE, IRAN

  • Mohammad Moradi,
  • Ersen Aydın Yağmur,
  • Abolfazl Akbari,
  • Najmeh Jafari

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2022.17.2.0251
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 2
pp. 251 – 266

Abstract

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A new species, Hottentotta pooyanisp. nov. is described and illustrated using two female specimens collected from the Khuzestan Province inIran. This species is compared with the closely species including H. khoozestanus Navidpour, Kovařík, Soleglad & Fet, 2008; H. pellucidus Lowe, 2010 and H. saxinatans Lowe, 2010 that were previously described in Iran and Oman.

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