Hottentotta gentili (Pallary, 1924)

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 : 8

Hottentotta gentili (Pallary, 1924)

Material examined (3 ex.).

- Morocco, Anoual , 32.64221 lat. -3.12263 lon., ID 580, 24/V/2008 (A. François, F. Lagarde), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Bouârfa , Aïn Larak, 32.60435 lat. -2.50391 lon., ID 18812, 11/III/2014 (A. François), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Oued Bour , 32.73369 lat. -3.21239 lon., ID 21823, 07/VII/2015 ( T. Dieuleveut), ECWP .

Distribution and remarks. – In Morocco, H. gentili is widely distributed in the south of the High Atlas, from the low Draa valley up to the south of the Oriental region (Vachon, 1952, Sousa et al., 2011, Touloun et al., 2014, Dupré, 2017, El Hidan et al., 2017, Touloun, 2019). In this work, H. gentili has been recorded in three locations in the south of the Oriental ( Fig. 3 ).

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.