Survey and Morphological Studies on Scorpions Inhabiting New Valley Governorate, Egypt
Obuid-Allah, A., El-Shimy, N., Mahbob, M., Ali, R., said, S. (2020). Survey and Morphological Studies on Scorpions Inhabiting New Valley Governorate, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 12(2), 227-238. doi: 10.21608/eajbsz.2020.143242
Ahmad H. Obuid-Allah; Naser A. El-Shimy; Mohamed A. Mahbob; Rouwaida Saadawy Ali; shimaa mohamed said. "Survey and Morphological Studies on Scorpions Inhabiting New Valley Governorate, Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 12, 2, 2020, 227-238. doi: 10.21608/eajbsz.2020.143242
Obuid-Allah, A., El-Shimy, N., Mahbob, M., Ali, R., said, S. (2020). 'Survey and Morphological Studies on Scorpions Inhabiting New Valley Governorate, Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 12(2), pp. 227-238. doi: 10.21608/eajbsz.2020.143242
Obuid-Allah, A., El-Shimy, N., Mahbob, M., Ali, R., said, S. Survey and Morphological Studies on Scorpions Inhabiting New Valley Governorate, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2020; 12(2): 227-238. doi: 10.21608/eajbsz.2020.143242

Survey and Morphological Studies on Scorpions Inhabiting New Valley Governorate, Egypt

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology
Article 20, Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2020, Page 227-238  XML PDF (1.26 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/eajbsz.2020.143242
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Authors
Ahmad H. Obuid-Allah1; Naser A. El-Shimy1; Mohamed A. Mahbob2; Rouwaida Saadawy Ali2; shimaa mohamed said3
1Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
2Zoology and Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, Egypt
3zoology Department, faculty of science, Assiut Universty
Abstract
The main objective of the present study is to make a survey on scorpion species inhabiting New Valley governorate, Egypt as well as to make some morphometric measurements on the recorded species and to design a key for the recorded species. To achieve the aims of the study, random samples were collected during the period from April to July, 2017 and from July to September, 2019. The study revealed the presence of four scorpion species belonging to family Buthidae namely: Leiurus quinquestriatus, Androctonus amoreuxi, Orthochirus innesi and Buthacusleptochelys. The study provides a key for the identification of the species and some morphometric measurements. The morphometric measurements included: Carapace length, Mesosoma length, Metasoma length, Telson length, Aculeus length, Vesicle length, Pedipalp femur length, Pedipalp patella length, Pedipalp chela length and total body length. The study revealed significant differences between the recorded four species. It also revealed significant differences between males and females of each species. 
Keywords
Scorpion; female; male; morphometric measurements; key
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