Hottenttota franzwerneri, Hottentotta

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Hottentotta is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae. It is distributed widely across Africa. Species also occur in the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, southeastern Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Cape Verde Islands, Slovenia . The genus was introduced in 1908 by A. A. Birula, originally as a subgenus of the genus Buthus.[2] It was elevated to genus rank by F. Werner in 1934.[3] Buthotus Vachon, 1949 is an often used but outdated synonym of Hottentotta.

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