Two cases of malformation in the scorpion genus Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Central Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

 


Two cases of malformation in the scorpion genus Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Central Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

Abstract 
This note concerns two cases of Androctonus species recently sampled from Ghardaïa region (Central Algeria). A remarkable malformation of one chela in Androctonus amoreuxi (Audouin, 1825) and a case of an enlargement of one chelicera in Androctonus australis (Linnaeus, 1758).

Oumyma, Zouatine & Bissati, Samia & Sadine, Salah. (2024). Two cases of malformation in the scorpion genus Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from Central Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae). SERKET  The Arachnological Bulletin of the Middle East and North Africa. 20. 125-130.