Figure 17: Scorpio maurus palmatus

Scorpio maurus palmatus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg , 1829)  

Diagnosis: Yellow to light olive brown in colour. Pedipalpal claw similar to the lobster. Prosoma entirely smooth. Mesosoma smooth and without crests. Metasoma: tail segments yellow brown with scattered hairs. Pectines 9-13 in males and 7-13 in females.

Measurements: Total length 5-7 cm (average 5.25cm), prosoma 7.6-8.3mm, mesosoma 14.9-18.6mm, metasoma 18.9-22.9mm.

Habitat and distribution: Scorpio maurus palmatus is of African origin that penetrated into southern Jordan. It was reported from Wadi Musa, Theban, Amman and Ajlun (Wahbeh, 1976; El-Hennawy, 1988; Amr and El-Oran 1994). This species was recovered from pellets of the Eagle Owl in the Eastern Desert of Jordan (Rifai et al., 2000) and from Wadi Rum (Kovařík and Whitman, 2004). ​