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!