Androctonus australis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ythier, Eric & François, Alexandre, 2023, The scorpion fauna of the Oriental region in Morocco (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae) with description of three new species of the genus Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758., Faunitaxys 11 (3), pp. 1-15 : 2

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.57800/faunitaxys-11(3)

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15374509

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Androctonus australis (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Androctonus australis (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Material examined (2 ex.).

- Morocco, Tendrara, N 17, 32.89624 lat. -2.05353 lon., ID 15534, 15/ IX/2013 (J. Gabbard), ECWP ;

- Morocco, Tendrara , 32.74671 lat. -2.36698 lon., ID 15845, 02/V/ 2014 (L. Bacon), ECWP .

Distribution and remarks. – A. australis, a species widely distributed in the neighboring Algeria, was recorded for the first time in Morocco by Geniez (2009) in the south-east of the Oriental region, between Bouarfa and Tendrara (Touloun et al., 2014, Dupré, 2017, Touloun, 2019, Ythier & Lourenço, 2022). The examined material extends its distribution 30 km to the west ( Fig. 1 View Fig ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Buthidae

Genus

Androctonus

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