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Genus
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In the early 1940s,
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began a series of studies on the scorpions of North of Africa. One of his main preoccupations was with the definition of the various groups of species within the genus
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Leach. This
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led to the subdivision of what was at that time the genus
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into about 10 separate genera. Two of the genera proposed by Vachon were
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and
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.
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was in fact the first author to distinguish a
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group (speciesgroup) within the genus
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. Most of the species included were allied to
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(Fabricius)
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.
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created the subgenus
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, without, however, a clear diagnosis.
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disregarded
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Birula
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and established a new name,
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.
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is, however, a valid senior synonym for
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, and was reestablished by
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. Other valid subgenera in addition to the nominotypical
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are
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<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFE5BFEC60DB4FE9D" box="[507,660,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Balfourianus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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which was described by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFEFA7A9FF96FFDAFC6AFEC60B5AFE9E" author="Vachon" box="[970,1146,284,310]" pageId="2" pageNumber="16" refString="Vachon, M. (1979) Notes on the types of scorpions in the British Museum (Natural History), London. Buthus socotrensis Pocock, 1889 (Family: Buthidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology), 36, 233 - 237." type="journal article" year="1979">Vachon (1979)</bibRefCitation>
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to include the species
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFEC7FE9E0DCDFEF6" authority="Pocock" authorityName="Pocock" box="[359,749,324,350]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Hottentotta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="socotrensis">
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<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFEC7FE9E0D59FEF5" box="[359,633,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Hottentotta socotrensis</emphasis>
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(Pocock)
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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which is endemic to the Island of
|
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<collectingCountry id="F3699AC8FF96FFDAFB36FE9E0BD2FEF6" box="[1174,1266,324,350]" name="Yemen" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Socotra</collectingCountry>
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, and
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<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFEA8FEB60E9FFE2D" box="[264,447,364,389]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Deccanobuthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFEA8FEB60E9FFE2D" box="[264,447,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Deccanobuthus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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described by
|
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<bibRefCitation id="EFEFA7A9FF96FFDAFDC3FEB60C3BFE2E" author="Loureno" box="[611,795,364,390]" pageId="2" pageNumber="15" refString="Lourenco, W. R. (2000) The genus Hottentotta Birula 1908 with the description of a new subgenus and species from India (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg, 13 (162), 191 - 195." type="journal article" year="2000">Loureno (2000)</bibRefCitation>
|
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for the species
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFC74FEB60E44FE05" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Hottentotta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="geffardi" subGenus="Deccanobuthus">
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<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFC74FEB60B79FE2D" box="[980,1113,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Hottentotta</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFBCBFEB60A01FE2D" box="[1131,1313,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Deccanobuthus</emphasis>
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)
|
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<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFEA8FE4E0E44FE05" box="[264,356,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">geffardi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
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<collectingCountry id="F3699AC8FF96FFDAFE0CFE4E0ECCFE06" box="[428,492,404,430]" name="India" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">India</collectingCountry>
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.
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BC1DA58FF96FFDAFE98FE660E9EFBD6" blockId="2.[264,1323,284,1150]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
|
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In their exhaustive study of the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFCAEFE660C56FE7D" box="[782,886,444,469]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Buthotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFCAEFE660C56FE7D" box="[782,886,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Buthotus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFC06FE660B0BFE7D" box="[934,1067,444,469]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Hottentotta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFC06FE660B0BFE7D" box="[934,1067,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Hottentotta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
),
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFEFA7A9FF96FFDAFBE7FE660E84FE56" author="Vachon" pageId="2" pageNumber="16" refString="Vachon, M. & Stockmann, R. (1968) Contribution a l'etude des scorpions africains appartenant au genre Buthotus Vachon, 1949 et etude de la variabilite. Monitore Zoologico Italiano (N. S.) 2 (Suppl.), 81 - 149." type="journal article" year="1968">Vachon and Stockmann (1968)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
recognized and defined several lineages and sublineages of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFB3EFE3E0A03FE55" box="[1182,1315,484,509]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Hottentotta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFB3EFE3E0A03FE55" box="[1182,1315,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Hottentotta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Both authors, as well as
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFEFA7A9FF96FFDAFDE8FDD60CEAFD8E" author="Vachon" box="[584,970,524,550]" pageId="2" pageNumber="16" refString="Vachon, M. & Kinzelbach, R. (1987) On the taxonomy and distribution of the scorpions of the Middle East. In: Krupp, F., Schneider, W. & Kinzelbach, R. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Symposium on the Fauna and Zoogeography of the Middle East, Mainz, 1985. Beihefte zum Tubinger Atlas des vorderen Orients, Reihe A (Naturwissenschaften), 28, 91 - 103." type="journal article" year="1987">Vachon and Kinzelbach (1987)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, suggested that the African, SaharoSindian and Indian lineages might be different. In fact, several species originally thought to belong to the Indian lineage are currently placed in the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFB3DFD860E8DFD36" authority="Vachon, 1950" authorityName="Vachon" authorityYear="1950" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Mesobuthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFB3DFD860A0BFDDD" box="[1181,1323,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Mesobuthus</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFEFA7A9FF96FFDAFEA8FD5E0E8DFD36" author="Vachon" box="[264,429,644,670]" pageId="2" pageNumber="16" refString="Vachon, M. (1950) Etudes sur les Scorpions. III (suite). Description des Scorpions du Nord de l'Afrique. Archives de l'Institut Pasteur d'Algerie, 28, 152 - 216." type="journal article" year="1950">Vachon, 1950</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(see also
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFEFA7A9FF96FFDAFD8CFD5E0C5BFD36" author="Tikader" box="[556,891,644,670]" pageId="2" pageNumber="16" refString="Tikader, B. K. & Bastawade, D. B. (1983) The Fauna of India. Vol. 3. Scorpions (Scorpionida: Arachnida). Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, 671 pp." type="book" year="1983">Tikader & Bastawade 1983</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). In addition to its association with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFEA8FD760EADFD6D" box="[264,397,684,709]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Hottentotta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFEA8FD760EADFD6D" box="[264,397,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Hottentotta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFDBEFD760DF4FD6D" box="[542,724,684,709]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Deccanobuthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFDBEFD760DF4FD6D" box="[542,724,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Deccanobuthus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
also shows affinities with the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFB3DFD760A0BFD6D" box="[1181,1323,684,709]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Mesobuthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFB3DFD760A0BFD6D" box="[1181,1323,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Mesobuthus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and, because of its very marked carination, the new
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFC21FD0E0B2FFD45" box="[897,1039,724,749]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Mesobuthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFC21FD0E0B2FFD45" box="[897,1039,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Mesobuthus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species described here, could also be accommodated in this last genus. However, according to
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFEFA7A9FF96FFDAFB20FD260E78FC96" author="Fet" pageId="2" pageNumber="15" refString="Fet, V. & Lowe, G. (2000) Family Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837. In: Fet, V., Sissom, W. D., Lowe, G. & Braunwalder, M. E. (Eds.). Catalog of the Scorpions of the world (1758 - 1998). The New York Entomological Society, New York, pp. 54 - 286." type="book chapter" year="2000">Fet and Lowe (2000)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, the relationships of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFDF7FCFE0DC5FC95" box="[599,741,804,829]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Mesobuthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFDF7FCFE0DC5FC95" box="[599,741,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Mesobuthus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to other genera, and in particular to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFB05FCFE0A0AFC95" box="[1189,1322,804,829]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Hottentotta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFB05FCFE0A0AFC95" box="[1189,1322,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Hottentotta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
remain poorly defined. According to V. Fet (personal communication), the clarification of this situation will require a careful analysis of clusters of true
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFC48FCAE0B56FC25" box="[1000,1142,884,909]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Mesobuthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFC48FCAE0B56FC25" box="[1000,1142,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Mesobuthus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
versus African and MiddleEast
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFE71FC460D76FC1D" box="[465,598,924,949]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Hottentotta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFE71FC460D76FC1D" box="[465,598,924,949]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Hottentotta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, with the possible definition of new characters. The DNA tree proposed by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFEFA7A9FF96FFDAFE07FC1E0D4FFC76" box="[423,623,964,990]" pageId="2" pageNumber="15" refString="Fet, V., Gantenbein, B., Gromov, A. V, Lowe, G. & Lourenco, W. R. (2003) The first molecular phylogeny of Buthidae (Scorpiones). Euscorpius, 4, 1 - 10." type="journal article">
|
||
Fet
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFE78FC1E0D36FC75" box="[472,534,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
(2003)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
shows that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFCA6FC1E0CB4FC75" box="[774,916,964,989]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Mesobuthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFCA6FC1E0CB4FC75" box="[774,916,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Mesobuthus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is much closer to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFBDCFC1E0E40FBAE" authority="Vachon" authorityName="Vachon" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Compsobuthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFBDCFC1E0A0BFC75" box="[1148,1323,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Compsobuthus</emphasis>
|
||
Vachon
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
that it is to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFE4EFC360D53FBAD" box="[494,627,1004,1029]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Hottentotta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFE4EFC360D53FBAD" box="[494,627,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Hottentotta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but, for this study only few
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7EA1DBFF96FFDAFC6AFC360B70FBAD" box="[970,1104,1004,1029]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Hottentotta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90A064AFF96FFDAFC6AFC360B70FBAD" box="[970,1104,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Hottentotta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species have been analysed. For this reason, we believe that only after a revision of all the species assigned to these different genera has been made, a definitive conclusion regarding their precise status can be reached.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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