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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Species of scorpion}}<br />
{{Speciesbox<br />
| parent = Hottentotta<br />
| authority = Pocock, 1897<br />
| synonyms = *Buthus hendersoni (Pocock, 1900)<br />
*Buthus rugiscutis nigritus (Pocock, 1900)<br />
| image = Hottentotta rugiscutis imported from iNaturalist photo 117188145 on 29 April 2024.jpg<br />
| image_caption = From [[Vellore District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<br />
| taxon = Hottentotta rugiscutis<br />
}}<br />
'''''Hottentotta rugiscutis''''' is a [[species]] of [[scorpion]] which is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Kovařík |first=František |date=2007 |title=A revision of the genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908, with descriptions of four new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae) |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.18590/euscorpius.2007.vol2007.iss58.1 |journal=Euscorpius |volume=2007 |issue=58 |pages=1–107 |doi=10.18590/euscorpius.2007.vol2007.iss58.1 |issn=1536-9307|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Pocock |first=R.I. |date=May 1899 |title=LVIII.—<i>Descriptions of some new species of scorpions</i> |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222939908678143 |journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |volume=3 |issue=17 |pages=411–420 |doi=10.1080/00222939908678143 |issn=0374-5481|url-access=subscription }}</ref><br />
==Description==<br />
''Hottentotta rugiscutis'' measures 30–60 mm long. Males have twisted [[pedipalp]] fingers and wider manus. The [[chelicerae]] are yellow to green with a reticulate pattern. The color is consistently yellow to reddish brown with sparse body hair. Their pedipalps have 5 carinae on the femur, lacking carinae on the chela. The metasoma is densely granulated, with the first and second segments wider than long.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Range==<br />
''Hottentotta rugiscutis'' is endemic to [[India]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> From there it has been recorded in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Karnataka]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Goa]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[West Bengal]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
==Venom==<br />
Studies indicate that the venom of ''Hottentotta rugiscutis'' contains 0.79 mg/mg of protein. The {{LD50}} value of its venom is approximately 4.2 mg/kg via the [[intraperitoneal]] route and 3.02 mg/kg via the [[Subcutaneous administration|subcutaneous]] route. Symptoms observed in animals injected with ''H. rugiscutis'' venom include agitation, hyper-excitability, [[sweating]], [[paralysis]], [[salivation]], squeaking, hunched back movements, [[convulsion]]s, [[weakness]], and [[death]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Nagaraj |first1=Santhosh Kambaiah |last2=Dattatreya |first2=Pavana |last3=Boramuthi |first3=Thippeswamy Nayaka |date=December 2015 |title=Indian scorpions collected in Karnataka: maintenance in captivity, venom extraction and toxicity studies |journal=Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases |language=en |volume=21 |issue=1 |page=51 |doi=10.1186/s40409-015-0053-4 |doi-access=free |issn=1678-9199 |pmc=4670532 |pmid=26640478}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Animals described in 1987]]<br />
[[Category:Scorpions of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Buthidae]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of India]]</div>FaustinoRicks4