08 May, 2014
More on the scorpion fauna of Algeria
Salah Eddine Sadine and co-workers have recently published a new paper on the scorpion fauna of Algeria. This time the report on taxa found in the Ghardaia region. Four species were detected.
Abstract:
This study concerns the census of scorpion’s fauna in a region of the Algerian Sahara. A random collection in the region of Ghardaia, during the twelve months of the year 2013, allowed us to collect a set of 214 individuals of scorpions. Based on morphological identification, four species have been surveyed: Androctonus amoreuxi, Androctonus australis, Androctonus bicolor and Buthacus arenicola, that all belong to the Buthidae family.
The paper is in French.
Reference:
Sadine SE, Alioua Y, Kemassi A, Mebarki MT, Houtia A, Bissat S. Aperçu sur les scorpions de Ghardaïa (Algérie). Journal of Advanced Research in Science and Technology. 2014;1(1):12-7.[Free full text]
Thanks to Dr. Sadine for sending me this paper!
Submitted by
Jan Ove Rein (editor)
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10:27 AM
Keywords:
Africa,
Algeria,
Androctonus,
Buthacus,
Buthidae,
distribution
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