Hottentotta finneganae explained

Hottentotta finneganae is a species of scorpion, belonging to the family Buthidae. It was first found in Pakistan, and was named for Susan Finnegan, a zoologist who worked on scorpions in the 1930s, and was the first women appointed to a post at the British Museum (Natural History).^[1]

Further reading

• Lowe, Graeme. "Two new species of Hottentotta Birula, 1908 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Northern Oman." Euscorpius 2010.103 (2015): 1-23.
• Navidpour, Shahrokh, and Graeme Lowe. "Revised diagnosis and redescription of Apistobuthus susanae (Scorpiones, Buthidae)." Journal of Arachnology 37.1 (2009): 45-59.

Notes and References

1. Kovařík, František. "A revision of the genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908, with descriptions of four new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae)." Euscorpius2007.58 (2016): 1-107.