Hottentotta conspersus

Hottentotta conspersus
	Hottentotta conspersus. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Buthidae
Genus:	Hottentotta
Species:	H. conspersus
Binomial name
	Hottentotta conspersus; (Thorell, 1876)
Synonyms
	Buthus conspersus Thorell, 1876; Buthus aeratus Lawrence, 1955; Buthus angolensis Monard, 1930;

Hottentotta conspersus, the Sesriem Scorpion, is a species of scorpion of the family Buthidae.

Description

Hottentotta conspersus can reach a length of 40–65 millimetres (1.6–2.6 in). Body is sparsely hirsute, with granulated mesosoma and carapace and with seventh metasomal segment. Telson is granulated and very bulbous. Chelae are very narrow. Color varies from yellow to yellowish brown. Carapace and carinae may be black. Chelicerae are yellow without reticulation.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Angola and Namibia.[1]

References

František Kovařík Revision of the Genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908, with Descriptions of Four New Species (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

Thorell, 1876 : Études scorpiologiques. Atti della Societá Italiana di Scienze Naturali, vol. 19, p. 75–272.

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[AA-1] František Kovařík Revision of the Genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908, with Descriptions of Four New Species (Scorpiones, Buthidae)