Mesobuthus nigrocinctus (Ehrenberg, 1828), 2007

Karataş, Ayşegül, 2007, Mesobuthus nigrocinctus (Ehrenberg, 1828) (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Turkey: Distribution and Morphological Variation, Euscorpius 56 (56), pp. 1-10 : 3

Mesobuthus nigrocinctus (Ehrenberg, 1828)

Mesobuthus nigrocinctus ( Fig. 4 ) was collected from Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Hatay, Erzincan, and Malatya Provinces ( Fig. 1 ). M. nigrocinctus was found sympatrically with Mesobuthus eupeus , Androctonus crassicauda , Leiurus quinquestriatus , Compsobuthus matthiesseni , Scorpio maurus , and Calchas nordmanni in Gaziantep Province (see also Karataş & Çolak, 2005); with M. gibbosus , M. eupeus , L. quinquestriatus , C. matthiesseni , and Calchas nordmanni in Adıyaman; with M. gibbosus , M. eupeus , L. quinquestriatus , and S. maurus in Hatay; with M. eupeus and C. nordmanni in Malatya; and with M. eupeus in Erzincan. According to these findings, M. nigrocinctus was sympatric with M. gibbosus in Adıyaman and Hatay (see also Fig. 1 ). The northernmost distribution of M. nigrocinctus reaches to Erzincan Province, and the easternmost distribution of M. gibbosus reaches to Adıyaman Province (based on our present knowledge).

Figures

Figure 1: Sampling localities of Mesobuthus nigrocinctus (), M. gibbosus (), and syntopic sites (). Locality numbers are shown in the text.

Figure 4: Mesobuthus nigrocinctus, female, Nemrut Mts. (1550 m asl), Kâhta, Adiyaman Province. Photos by Ahmet Karataş.