Soil Preference and Burrow Characteristics of Two Theraphosidae Species in Penang Island, Malaysia

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  Soil Preference and Burrow Characteristics of Two Theraphosidae Species in Penang Island, Malaysia Abstract Tarantulas play a crucial role in maintaining ecological balance by regulating insect populations. However, little is known about the soil preferences and burrow structures of tarantulas in Malaysia. This study aims to determine the soil preference as well as the burrow structure of  Coremiocnemis cunciularia  and  Chilobrachys andersoni  from Penang Island. The soil characteristics of the soil samples collected around the burrows of  Coremiocnemis cunciularia  (n = 30) and  Chilobrachys andersoni  (n = 30) were determined using soil texture analysis. The measurements and burrow structures from adults and juveniles of  Coremiocnemis cunciularia  and  Chilobrachys andersoni  were determined. It was revealed that the moisture content and clay percentage in the soil samples around burrows of  Chilobrachys anderso...

A NEW HIGH-ELEVATION SCORPION SPECIES OF THE GENUS HOTTENTOTTA BIRULA, 1908 (SCORPIONES: BUTHIDAE) FROM TIBET, CHINA

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A NEW HIGH-ELEVATION SCORPION SPECIES OF THE GENUS HOTTENTOTTA BIRULA, 1908 (SCORPIONES: BUTHIDAE) FROM TIBET, CHINA

Abstract
A new species belonging to the genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908 (family Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837) is described on the basis of one adult female specimen collected in Wāgya La, Kangmar County, Tibet (Xizang), China. Hottentotta leetzi sp. n. was collected at an elevation of 4920 m, representing to our knowledge the highest elevation record for a scorpion species in Asia, and maybe in the World. This new scorpion taxon represents the 61st described species among the currently recognized species for the genus Hottentotta and the second reported from China. It is the 30th scorpion species reported from Tibet.

A special thanks to Gérard DUPRE for sending me the latest copy of "Arachnides". 

Image de couverture : mâle holotype d’Hottentotta songi (Lourenço, Qi & Zhu, 2005) in Zootaxa, no 985, p. 1–16. Directeur de la publication : Gérard DUPRE. Maquette : Gérard DUPRE. Mail : gd.hadrurus@orange.fr
ISSN 2431-2320.
Commission Paritaire de Presse : 72309.

Ythier, Eric. (2024). A new high-elevation species of the genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908 Linnaeus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Tibet, China. 2024.  

Via Eric Ythier on ResearchGate.