Abstract
A new scorpion species, Hottentotta sousai sp. n. is described based on two males and two females collected around Tan-Tan, in southern Morocco. Sousa et al. (2011) reported four distinct clades within the genus Hottentotta from Morocco. This description of a new species is based on the specimens from the Low Draa Valley clade, which is closely related to Hottentotta gentili (Pallary, 1924). The new species, however, differs from the central clade of H. gentili by 12.1% divergence in COI mitochondrial DNA sequence, and is morphologically characterized primarily by very dense setation over all body parts and a lower length to width ratio of all metasomal segments.
Highlights
SummaryA new scorpion species, Hottentotta sousai sp. n. is described based on two males and two females collected around Tan-Tan, in southern Morocco. Sousa et al (2011) reported four distinct clades within the genus Hottentotta from Morocco
After the extensive revision of the genus Hottentotta by Kovařík (2007), Hottentotta franzwerneri (Birula, 1914) was redefined, and its former subspecies H. franzwerneri gentili (Pallary, 1924) was elevated to species rank
The specimens were fixed in 70% ethanol and deposited in the collection of the Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), Portugal
Summary
A new scorpion species, Hottentotta sousai sp. n. is described based on two males and two females collected around Tan-Tan, in southern Morocco. Sousa et al (2011) reported four distinct clades within the genus Hottentotta from Morocco. Sousa et al (2011) reported four distinct clades within the genus Hottentotta from Morocco. A new scorpion species, Hottentotta sousai sp. N. is described based on two males and two females collected around Tan-Tan, in southern Morocco. This description of a new species is based on the specimens from the Low Draa Valley clade, which is closely related to Hottentotta gentili (Pallary, 1924). The new species, differs from the central clade of H. gentili by 12.1% divergence in COI mitochondrial DNA sequence, and is morphologically characterized primarily by very dense setation over all body parts and a lower length to width ratio of all metasomal segments
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