A revision of the genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908, with descriptions of four new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae) Author Kovařík, František text Euscorpius 2007 2007-12-31 58 58 1 107 https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2007/iss58/1/ journal article 10.18590/euscorpius.2007.vol2007.iss58.1 1536-9307 12781031 757F81BB-485C-4959-BD78-7B1172359ACF Hottentotta syrticus (Borelli, 1914) , nomen dubium Buthus syrticus Borelli, 1914: 156 ; Borelli, 1934: 172; Caporiacco, 1937: 350; Vachon, 1949: 162 (1952: 248); Pérez Minocci, 1974: 22. Buthotus syrticus : El-Hennawy, 1992: 118. Hottentotta ( Hottentotta ) syrticus : Kovařík, 1998: 110 ; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 144. TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY . Libya , Homs , type lost ( MCSN ) . COMMENTS . The MCSN holotype (a male) could not be located and no additional specimens are known. The original description causes me to suspect that it could be a synonym of H. minax or H. niloticus , however since Libya has been fairly well surveyed and no Hottentotta found, it is also possible that the locality is wrong or the name is a synonym of some Buthus . This species was transferred to Buthotus (= Hottentotta ) only formally by El-Hennawy (1992: 118) and the only indication to justify the act was that Borelli (1914: 156) compared it to Buthus hottentotta . DISTRIBUTION : Libya (Borelli, 1914: 158).