Published articles Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 35 No.1

Update on the composition and distribution of the scorpion fauna of the Oriental region of Morocco (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Scorpionidae)

Authors: Eric Ythier, Youness Mabrouki, Fouzi Abdelkhaleq Taybi

Authors and affiliation

  • Eric Ythier
  • Youness Mabrouki
  • Fouzi Abdelkhaleq Taybi

Abstract

New faunistic and distributional data are provided for the scorpion fauna of the Oriental region of Morocco. The study records 119 specimens belonging to eight species and recognizes twelve species from four genera in the region.

Keywords

scorpion, Androctonus, Buthus, Hottentotta, Scorpio, distribution, Morocco, Oriental