''Hottentotta jalalabadensis'' is a species of
scorpion
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always end ...
of the family
Buthidae
The Buthidae are the largest family of scorpions, containing about 100 genera and 1339 species as of 2022. A few very large genera (''Ananteris'', ''Centruroides'', '' Compsobuthus'', or '' Tityus'') are known, but a high number of species-poor o ...
. It was first found in Afghanistan.
[Kovařík, František. "A revision of the genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908, with descriptions of four new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae)." Euscorpius2007.58 (2016): 1-107.]
References
Further reading
*Teruel, Rolando, and Jan Ove Rein. "A new Hottentotta Birula, 1908 from Afghanistan, with a note on the generic position of Mesobuthus songi Lourenço, Qi et Zhu, 2005 (Scorpiones: Buthidae)." Euscorpius 2010.94 (2016): 1-8.
*Lowe, Graeme. "Two new species of Hottentotta Birula, 1908 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Northern Oman." Euscorpius 2010.103 (2015): 1-23.
Buthidae
Animals described in 2007
Scorpions of Asia
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