Androctonus amoreuxi (Audouin, 1826)

Ythier, Eric & François, Alexandre, 2023, The scorpion fauna of the Oriental region in Morocco (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae) with description of three new species of the genus Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758., Faunitaxys 11 (3), pp. 1-15 : 2

Androctonus amoreuxi (Audouin, 1826)

Material examined (23 ex.).

- Morocco, Bouârfa , 32.4909 lat. -2.569 lon., ID 14994, 20/III/2013 (L. Bacon), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , 32.47079 lat. -2.05724 lon., ID 15533, 18/III/2014 (J. Gabbard), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.4308 lat. -2.57385 lon., ID 4677, 29/V/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.51403 lat. -2.48135 lon., ID 10527, 26/VI/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.5661 lat. -2.27995 lon., ID 10531, 22/VIII/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.50673lat. -2.3373 lon., ID 10532, 08/V/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.52544 lat. -2.55285 lon., ID 10534, 05/VI/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.43242 lat. -2.708695 lon., ID 10535, 19/IX/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.56644 lat. -2.279845 lon., ID 10536, 10/VII/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.50707 lat. -2.33679 lon., ID 10537, 05/IX/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.53565 lat. -2.55283 lon., ID 10539, 12/VI/2008 (K. Bourass, S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.27 lat. -2.4297 lon., ID 10540, 03/X/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.53385lat. -2.5066 lon., ID 10543, 01/V/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.53385 lat. -2.55285 lon., ID 10544, 22/VIII/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.52603 lat. -2.5526 lon., ID 10545, 05/VI/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.506294 lat. -2.33689 lon., ID 10550, 26/VI/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.43275 lat. -2.70845 lon., ID 10551, 22/VIII/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.41818 lat. -2.27401 lon., ID 10552, 28/VIII/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.5337 lat. -2.50666 lon., ID 10553, 28/VIII/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.56644 lat. -2.27984 lon., ID 10555, 19/VI/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.53385 lat. -2.5066 lon., ID 10591, 26/IX/2008 (S. Touil), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.44563 lat. -2.39064 lon., ID 21697, 31/III/2015 (J. Gabbard), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Tamlelt, 32.47249 lat. -2.07223 lon., ID 23246, 25/V/2015 (A. François, M. García-Paris, J. L. Ruiz), ECWP .

Distribution and remarks. – A. amoreuxi is a desertic species distributed in the south-east of Morocco, approximately south of a line from Zagora to Gouilimine, up to the north of the Moroccan Sahara (Vachon, 1952, Lourenço, 2005, Touloun et al., 2014, Dupré, 2017, El Hidan et al., 2017, 2018, Touloun, 2019, Ythier & Lourenço, 2022). This is the first report of A. amoreuxi from the Oriental region,where it seems to mainly occur in the south, in the Tamlelt plain which is connected to the Sahara Desertbetween the eastern High Atlas and the western Saharan Atlas ( Fig. 1 ).

Figures

Fig. 1-4. Topographic map of the Oriental region in Morocco and surroundings areas showing the collection sites of Androctonus, Buthus, Hottentotta and Scorpio species (symbols with white cross showing the type localities). 1. Androctonus. 2. Buthus. 3. Hottentotta. 4. Scorpio.