A contribution to the knowledge of hottentotta saulcyi (simon, 1880) (scorpiones: Buthidae)

13 specimens (6 females and 7 males) of the rare and little-known scorpion Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880) were collected from Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Its morphological characteristics such as carinal and setal features are given, and these taxonomic properties were compared between the samples from western (Turkey and Iraq) and eastern (Iran) populations of H. saulcyi. Some morphological differences (e.g. trichobothrial features, morphometric measurements, carination of carapace, mesosoma, femur and patella, setation of pedipalp segments and tergites and colouration) were established between these two populations. © 2006 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC