Androctonus crassicauda
Creators: name: Alshammari, Maram M.
name: Afifeh, Bassam Abu
name: Al-Quraan, Nisreen
name: Abuharfil, Nizar M.
name: Amr, Zuhair S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Buthidae
Androctonus
Androctonus crassicauda

description: Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)   
 Material examined: Total number 19 (8 ♀, 11 ♂): 1 ♀, 1 subadult ♂, Al-Mutla’a (Al-Jahra Province), 21.08.2022, leg. M. Al-Shammari. 1 ♀, Kabd (Al Farwaniyah Province), 2.09.2022, leg. M. Al-Shammari. 1 subadult ♂, Kabd (Al Farwaniyah Province), 14.09.2022, leg. M. Al-Shammari. 1 ♂, 1 subadult ♀, Al- Huwaymiliyah (Al-Jahra Province), 21.09.2022, leg. M. Al-Shammari. 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Al- Jahra Natural Reserve (Al-Jahra Province), 12.10.2022, leg. M. Al-Shammari. 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂, Al- Abrak Farm (Al-Jahra Province), 30.07.2023, leg. M. Al-Shammari. 2 ♂♂ juveniles, Al-Abrak Farm (Al-Jahra Province), 25.09.2023, leg. M. Al-Shammari. 1 ♂, 1 ♀ subadult, 1 ♂ juvenile, Al-Wafra (Al-Ahmadi Province), 28.09.2023, leg. M. Al-Shammari.   
 Previous records: 1 ♂, 1 immature, Ahmadi, S of Kuwait, 28.III.1986, W. Al- Houty, MEB 353; 1 ♂, 1 immature, Jal al-Zour, 29°27'N 47°44'E, 15 m, 24.III.1988, W. Büttiker, MEB 442; 1 ♂, Subeiliya, 10.III.1985, W. Al-Houty, MEB 736; 1 ♀, Doha / Dewha, 14.I.1986, W. Al-Houty, MEB 741; 1 ♂, Umm al- Heman, 28°57'N 48°12'E, 12 m, 9.III.1988, W. Büttiker, NHMB; 1 ♂, Jal al- Zour, 29°27'N 47°44'E, 15 m, 24.III.1988, W. Büttiker, WDS (Hendrixson, 2006).   
 Diagnosis of examined material (♂ and ♀) (Figures 4-6): Medium to large scorpions, adults reaching 100 mm in length; females generally more heavy-bodied. Coloration usually black to dark brown. Carapace coarsely granular; all carinae well developed, strong, granulose. Tergites granulate throughout; tergites I-VI with three carinae; carinae on anterior tergites represented by only a few granules; tergite VII with five carinae; median carina represented by a few coarse granules on an elevated hump. Sternites III-VI without carinae; sternite VII with two pairs of moderate, crenulate lateral carinae. Pectinal tooth counts 30-35 in males (1 comb with 30 teeth, 5 combs with 31 teeth, 6 combs with 32 teeth, 8 combs with 33 teeth, 4 combs with 34 teeth, 2 combs with 35); average pectinal tooth count per pecten is 32.6 (26 combs, n=13), 25-29 in females (1 comb with 25 teeth, 2 combs with 26 teeth, 5 combs with 27 teeth, 8 combs with 28 teeth, 2 combs with 29 teeth); average pectinal tooth count per pecten is 27.4 (18 combs, n=9), pectines extending to the coxa-trochanter joint of leg IV in females and well beyond this articulation in males. Table (1) shows morphometric measurements for Androctonus crassicauda from Kuwait.   
 Remarks: This species is widely distributed and recorded from several localities in Kuwait, also known from much of Middle Eastern Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Sinai (Egypt), Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen (Hendrixon, 2006).
description: Published as part of Alshammari, Maram M., Afifeh, Bassam Abu, Al-Quraan, Nisreen, Abuharfil, Nizar M. & Amr, Zuhair S., 2024, Scorpions of the State of Kuwait, pp. 52-66 in Ecologica Montenegrina 75 on pages 56-58, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.75.4, http://zenodo.org/record/13248357