TOXIC SCORPIONS DISTRIBUITED IN NORTH AFRICA

In the following section, maps of known distribution of toxic scorpions of the genus Androctonus in North Africa are presented.

                        SPECIES                                                                                                                    DISTRIBUTION

Genus Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828

Androctonus aleksandrplotkini Lourenco & Qi, 2007                                                 Mauritania

Androctonus amoreuxi (Audouin, 1826)                                                                     Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Sudan

Androctonus australis (Linnaeus, 1758)                                                                     Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia

Androctonus bicolor (Ehremberg, 1828)                                                                    Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Tunisia

Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)                                                                   Egypt, Etiopía, Sudán

Androctonus dekeyseri Lourenco, 2005                                                                     Senegal

Androctonus gonneti Vachon, 1948                                                                            Morocco, Mauritania

Androctonus hoggarensis (Pallary, 1924)                                                                  Algeria

Androctonus liouvillei (Pallary, 1924)                                                                          Morocco, Mauritania

Androctonus maroccanus Lourenco. Yhtier & Leguin, 2009                                     Morocco

Androctonus mauritanicus (Pocock, 1902)                                                                Algeria, Morocco

Androctonus sergenti Vachon, 1948                                                                          Algeria, Morocco

Androctonus togolensis Lourenco, 2008                                                                    Togo