Hottentotta

Hottentotta
Hottentotta jayakari jayakari
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Buthidae
Genus:	Hottentotta Birula, 1908
Type species
Scorpio hottentotta Fabricius, 1787
Diversity
About 39 species
Synonyms[1]
Buthotus Vachon, 1949 Hottentotta (Balfourianus) Vachon, 1979 Hottentotta (Deccanobuthus) Lourenço, 2000

Hottentotta is a genus of scorpions of the family Buthidae. It is distributed widely across Africa, except for most of the Sahara desert. Species in the genus also occur in the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, southeastern Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Cape Verde Islands, and Sri Lanka (introduced).