%0 Journal Article
%T A new species of Hottentotta Birula, 1908 from Afghanistan, with a note on the generic position of Mesobuthus songi Louren o, Qi et Zhu, 2005 (Scorpiones: Buthidae).
%A Teruel
%A Rolando
%A Rein
%A Jan Ove
%J Euscorpius
%D 2010
%I Marshall University
%X A new species of Hottentotta Birula, 1908 is described from the Kabul area in Afghanistan; this addition represents the fifth species of this genus confirmed for this Middle East country. It is a member of the ¡°Indian group¡± of the genus (the first one recorded from Afghanistan), and is most closely related to Hottentotta jabalpurensis Kova ¨ªk, 2007, Hottentotta stockwelli Kova ¨ªk, 2007, Hottentotta tamulus (Fabricius, 1798) and Hottentotta songi (Louren o, Qi et Zhu, 2005) n. comb., which is herein demonstrated to be a member of Hottentotta and is thus formally transferred to this genus.
%K scorpions
%K systematics
%K new species
%K Afghanistan
%K Buthidae
%K Hottentotta
%U http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/p2010_94.pdf