The twelve Arab countries of the Middle East are inhabited by 117 species of scorpions of
varying medical importance within six families. Scorpion stings are a very common …

A checklist of the scorpion fauna of Saudi Arabia was reviewed and scrutinized published
scorpion records considering new taxonomic findings and geographical distribution data. A …

The molecular phylogenetic relationship among two species of genus Leiurus, from Saudi
Arabia with additional comparative sequence data available from Egypt, Oman and Turkey …

The molecular phylogeny of three species of genus Buthacus, based on 16S rRNA
mitochondrial DNA gene from Egypt and Saudi Arabia is presented. The inferred phylogeny …

 Abstract A new species, Leiurushadb Al-Qahtni, Al-Salem, Alqahtani & Badry, sp. nov., is
described and illustrated from the Majami al-Hadb Protected Area in the Riyadh Province of …

We describe a new species Orthochirus katerinae sp. n. from Saudi Arabia, previously cited
as Orthochirus innesi Simon 1910, ssp.?, the name many years used as an 'umbrella'for …

 Abstract We describe and illustrate a new scorpion species, Androctonustihamicussp. nov.,
from the Mecca Province of southwestern Saudi Arabia. The new species is compared to the …

Scorpions of the genus Buthacus (Buthidae CL Koch, 1837), commonly known as “sand
scorpions,” are widespread in the sandy deserts of the Palearctic, from West Africa to India …

The genus Nebo Simon, 1878 in Saudi Arabia is revised based on morphometric and
morphological characters for adult specimens. The presence of Nebo hierichonticus (Simon …

Additional distributional data on the scorpions of Saudi Arabia are presented for eight
species, covering 31 localities in Al Madinah Al Monawwarah, Jazan, Riyadh, and Tabuk …