Hottentotta rugiscutis (Pocock)

Aswathi, K. & Sureshan, P. M., 2017, Scorpion fauna (Arachnida: Scorpiones) of Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala with an illustrated key to the families and genera, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (2), pp. 140-145 : 143

4. Hottentotta rugiscutis (Pocock) ( Figure 5)

1897. Buthus rugiscutis Pocock, Annals and Magazine of Natural History: 106.

1998. Hottentotta(Hottentotta) rugiscutis : Kovařík Stíri [ Scorpiones ]: 110.

1999. Hottentotta rugiscutis : Kovařík, Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae: 291 (in part).

Material examined: 1♀, INDIA: KERALA: IDUKKI ,

E, Alt. 371 m), 19.xi.1996, Collr. P.M. Sureshan, Reg. No. ZSI/ WGRC/ IR/INV/3250.

Diagnosis: Total length 30-60 mm.Entire body coarsely granular and sparsely hirsute, but the pedipalp are densely hirsute with short hairs; chelicera yellow with reticulation present in females, males may with poorly developed reticulation. Manus of pedipalp of male is broader than female. Inferior metasomal carinae black; mesosomal tergite granular with two pairs of granular carinae. Vesicle globular with weak subaculear tubercle and granulation present. Trichobothria db situated between et and est or at the same level as est. Pectinal teeth number 21-24 in males and 18-21 in females. Trichobothrial pattern see Tikader and Bastawade 1983: 228 p.

Distribution: India:AndhraPradesh,Jharkand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

Remarks from the Champakkad region of the Sanctuary and observed that they were found under rocks, not make holes.