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New records on the occurrence of Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880) (Scorpiones: ) in AYSEGÜL KARATAS. Department of Biology, Nigde University, Nigde TR-51200l, Turkey The Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880) (Buthidae) has been to date found in , , and (Birula, 1918; Fet, 1989; Kovarík, 1997, 1998). In addition to those records, Kovarík (1998) reported the presence of one male from in his collection. Another species of the same , Hottentotta judaicus (Simon, 1872), has been listed by some authors for the Turkish fauna (Vachon, 1966; Kovarík, 1996), but its occurrence there has not been supported with any material and is probably an error (Crucitti and Cicuzza, 2001). No Hottentotta from Turkey were listed on Kinzelbach’s (1985) map. Most recently, Crucitti and Cicuzza (2001: 227) reported an unidentified species of Hottentotta from southeastern Anatolia (Mardin), differing from H. judaicus. Between 1994Ð2002 we collected more than 1000 specimens from Turkey. Following analysis, 14 species were identified. Of these, H. saulcyi is recorded for the first time from the country. On 25 September 2002, we collected an adult male in the village of Eskikale in the Mardin Province, at 950 m a.s.l. (37°19′N, 40°47′E). This specimen is now deposited in the scorpion collection of Nigde University’s Zoology Department (NUZD-S). It was found under a rock in a vineyard located on the slope of a rocky hill. The locality is also inhabited by the Irano- Turanian scorpion eupeus (C.L. Koch, 1839) and the Saharo-Arabian species Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807) and Scorpio maurus Linnaeus, 1758. Another species of Hottentotta, H. schach (Birula, 1905), occurs in Iran and Iraq (Birula, 1918; Fet, 1989; Kovarík, 1997, 1998). However, this scorpion sharply differs from H. saulcyi, not only in its morphology, but also in its entire body being dark green (Birula, 1918). H. saulcyi has a very specific coloration and its entire body, including the extremities, is light yellow, with only the carinae on the tergites being darker; the entire front of its carapace is a very dark (blackish) green, which fades toward the posterior edge of the triangle, grading into brown-yellow; the chelicerae are of the same dark color. The same dark (blackish) green coloration is also found at the end of the (segment V and telson, especially ventrally). All these characters clearly identify our specimen as H. saulcyi (Simon). Measurements of the male specimen are as follows: total length (L) 66.2 mm, carapace L 6.4, metasoma L 41.1, femur L 6.0, femur width (W) 1.9, tibia L 7.5, tibia W 2.7, pedipalp L 14.3, pedipalp W 2.3, carapace anterior W 4.1, carapace posterior W 7.1, fixed finger L 7.0, movable finger L 8.5, distance between median eyes and anterior margin 2.2, distance between median eyes and posterior margin 3.2, distance between median eyes and lateral eyes 2.5, I. metasomal segment L/W 4.5/4.1, II. metasomal segment L/W 5.0/3.9, III. metasomal segment L/W 5.3/3.8, IV. metasomal segment L/W 6.1/3.4, V. metasomal segment L/W 7.4/3.4, VI. metasomal segment (telson) L/W 7.3/2.9 mm. Number of pectinal teeth: 31 and 32 for right and left side, respectively. Birula (1918) reported that this number varies in H. saulcyi: in females 25 to 27, in males 30 to 34. REFERENCES Birula, A.A. 1918. Miscellanea scorpiologica. XI. Matériaux pour servir à la scorpiofaune de la Mésopotamie inférieure, du Kurdistan et de la Perse septentrionale. Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. 316 NEW RECORDS Isr. J. Zool.

Sci. Russie 27: 1Ð44 (in Russian). Crucitti, P., Cicuzza, D. 2001. of Anatolia: Ecological patterns. In: Fet, V., Selden, P.A., eds. Scorpions 2001: In memoriam Gary A. Polis. B. Arachnol. Soc., pp. 225Ð234. Fet, V. 1989. A catalogue of scorpions (: Scorpiones) of the USSR. Riv. Mus. Civ. Sci. Nat. ‘E. Caffi’ Bergamo 13 (1988): 73–171. Kinzelbach, R. 1985. Vorderer Orient. Skorpione (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Tübinger Atlas der Vorderer Orients (TAVO), Karte Nr. A VI 14.2. Kovarík, F. 1996. First report of Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Scorpionida: Buthidae) from Turkey. Klapalekiana 32: 53Ð55. Kovarík, F. 1997. Results of the Czech Biological Expedition to Iran. Part 2. Arachnida: Scorpiones, with descriptions of Iranobuthus krali gen.n. et sp.n. and Hottentotta zagrosensis sp.n. (Buthidae). Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 61: 39Ð52. Kovarík, F. 1998. Sˇtíri. Madagaskar, Jihlava, 175 pp. (in Czech). Vachon, M. 1966. Liste des scorpions connus en Égypte, Arabie, Israël, Liban, Syrie, Jordanie, Turquie, Irak, Iran. Toxicon 4: 209Ð218.

A new record of an Indo-West Pacific crab (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Mediterranean coast of Israel GEORGI KSIUNIN, BELLA S. GALIL. National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceano- graphic & Limnological Research, P.O. Box 8030, Haifa 31080, Israel The Mediterranean coast of Israel is exceptionally susceptible to biological invasions: alien macrophytes, invertebrates, and fish are found in most of its coastal habitats. The principal vector of introduction is passage through the Suez Canal. Some invasive species have outcompeted or replaced native species locally, some are considered pests or cause nuisance, whereas yet other invaders are of commercial value (Galil, 2000). The rate of marine bioinvasions has increased in recent decades; collectively, they have significant ecological and economic impact on the Medi- terranean. Of the 44 alien decapod species of Erythrean and Indo-Pacific origin known from the Mediterranean, 32 have been recorded along the Israeli coast (Galil et al., 2002). A specimen of Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) graeffei A. Milne Edwards, 1873 was collected by trammel net in Haifa Bay (32°51.81′N, 35°00.79′E) on April 30, 2003, at a depth of 22 m. The specimen, an adult male, with carapace length of 9.9 mm, is deposited in the National Collections, Tel Aviv University (TAU AR27797). Another specimen, a juvenile, with carapace length of 3.7 mm, was collected by grab off Tel Aviv (32°08.02′N, 34°46.00′E) on October 14, 2002, at depth of 20 m. Macrophthalmus graeffei is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific (Barnes, 1971), and was collected from the Sudanese Red Sea (Laurie, 1915), the Gulf of Suez (Monod, 1938), and the Gulf of Elat (Lewinsohn, 1977). In 1994, several specimens were collected near Adana, Turkey, at depths of 12Ð33 m (Enzenross and Enzenross, 1995). Its not having been reported from Israel before now may be ascribed to its occurrence in a rarely examined habitat off our coast. Our specimens agree well with the detailed description of the species (Barnes, 1971). However, the live specimen afforded us the opportunity to note its color. Carapace with frontal margin, hepatic, gastric, and cardiac regions marbled dull grey; inner branchial region, adjacent to circumgastric furrow, with pale, centered grey spot; posterior branchial regions yellowish, irregularly dotted with reddish-brown. Ocular peduncles bright yellow, darker distally; cornea brown. Chelipeds and pereiopods yellow, with brown dots irregularly disposed, fringed with tawny setae; upper margins of pereiopodal meri to subterminal spine, brown.