Hottentotta caboverdensis

Hottentotta caboverdensis is a species of scorpions of the family Buthidae. The species was described by Wilson R. Lourenço and Eric Ythier in 2006.[1] The specific name caboverdensis refers to Cape Verde, where the new species was found.[1]

Hottentotta caboverdensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Hottentotta
Species:
H. caboverdensis
Binomial name
Hottentotta caboverdensis
Lourenço & Ythier, 2006

Description

The females reach 62 mm length. The colour is reddish-brown to dark brown.[1]

Distribution

The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs on the island of Santiago. It is considered the only native species of scorpions in the archipelago.[1]

References

  1. Lourenço & Ythier, (2006). Description of a new species of Hottentotta Birula 1908, (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the Cape Verde Islands., Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, no. 38, p. 71−75.


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