Abstract
Information on the scorpions' fauna of Iraq is limited especially in Thi Qar Province. The scorpion specimens of the present study were collected from the desert area which is located between the provinces of Thi Qar and Al-Muthana (Al-Kata'a region). The Scorpio kruglovi (Birula, 1910) redescribed in this study was found in this area.The diagnostic characters are given and the important features are figured.
Highlights
Scorpions in Iraq have not received much attention, as the history of these studies began in the 19th century by Peters (1861), Simon (1880) and Kraepelin (1899)
Speaking of southern of Iraq, there are a few studies dealt with the scorpions
Redescription of Scorpio kruglovi and Ahmed (2020) published a new data of scorpion fauna, specimens were collected from three provinces (Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaymaniyah) and they were identified as: Scorpio maurus, H. saulcyi, A. crassicauda, Orthochirus fomichevi (Kovařik et al, 2019), Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905), Hemiscorpius lepturus (Peters, 1861), Mesobuthus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889) and Buthacus macrocentrus (Ehrenberg, 1828)
Summary
Scorpions in Iraq have not received much attention, as the history of these studies began in the 19th century by Peters (1861), Simon (1880) and Kraepelin (1899). Al-Azawi (2016) collected specimens from nine provinces in central and southern Iraq, seven genera and eight species including Scorpio maurus (Linnaeus, 1758). Redescription of Scorpio kruglovi and Ahmed (2020) published a new data of scorpion fauna, specimens were collected from three provinces (Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaymaniyah) and they were identified as: Scorpio maurus, H. saulcyi, A. crassicauda, Orthochirus fomichevi (Kovařik et al, 2019), Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905), Hemiscorpius lepturus (Peters, 1861), Mesobuthus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889) and Buthacus macrocentrus (Ehrenberg, 1828). The current study aims to redescribe the Scorpio kruglovi which is found in the southern southern Iraq and diagnose it for the first time in Thi Qar Province, and to emphasize that it is the only species present in Iraq from family Scorpionidae
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