Taxonomic study of Androctonus Crassicauda (Oliver, 1807) (scorpions : buthidae) in Iraq
Other Title(s)
دراسة تصنيفية لجنس Androctonus (العقارب : البوثيديية) في العراق
Joint Authors
al-Azzawi, Zaynah Nabil Nasif
Basabat, Sabah Farah
Source
Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum
Issue
Vol. 14, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2016), pp.13-25, 13 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum
Publication Date
2016-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
The genus of Androctonus is widely distributed in Asia and Africa .It is found in Egypt, Palestine, Iran, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
The present study is the first taxonomic study to describe Androctonus crassicauda (Oliver,1807) in Iraq .The genus Androctonus recognized by three main characters which are:color it is ranges from light brown to raddish to blackish brown to black, pedipalp (Chelae) is narrower than patella in adults, and pedipalp fingers with many denticles.
Among other characters by which the genus can be distinguished by body hairs and, the rows of denticles on pedipalp fingers.
The main morphological characters of the species are figured of Androctonus crassicauda, and the samples were collected from Baghdad, Diyala, Saladin, Qadissiya, Wasit and Thi-Qar Provinces .
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Azzawi, Zaynah Nabil Nasif& Basabat, Sabah Farah. 2016. Taxonomic study of Androctonus Crassicauda (Oliver, 1807) (scorpions : buthidae) in Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum،Vol. 14, no. 1, pp.13-25.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-696291
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Azzawi, Zaynah Nabil Nasif& Basabat, Sabah Farah. Taxonomic study of Androctonus Crassicauda (Oliver, 1807) (scorpions : buthidae) in Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum Vol. 14, no. 1 (2016), pp.13-25.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-696291
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Azzawi, Zaynah Nabil Nasif& Basabat, Sabah Farah. Taxonomic study of Androctonus Crassicauda (Oliver, 1807) (scorpions : buthidae) in Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum. 2016. Vol. 14, no. 1, pp.13-25.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-696291
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 23-24
Record ID
BIM-696291