Seasonal Variations in Scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpions) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | IJB 2021

Scorpions are the members of phylum arthropods, Class Arachnida and Order Scorpiones. The collection was made from March 2017 to October 2020. Scorpions were collected from diverse localities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan through Pitfall traps, Battery-operated portable ultraviolet lamps, and Stone turning methods. The specimens which were collected belonged to three families Buthidae, Scorpiopidae, and Scorpionidae. The collection of Scorpions was high in August and July and less in October and March. The populations Hottentotta, Androctonus, Orthochirus, Fetilinia, Compsobuthus, Buthacus, Mesobuthusand Odontobuthus of the family Buthidae were increased from March to August with an increase in temperature and their numbers were decreased from September to October with a decrease in temperature. The numbers of the specimens belonging to the genus Scorpiopsof the subfamily Scorpiopidae was high in August and less in October. The members of the genus Deccanometrus were increases up to August and then decreases from September to October with a decrease in Temperature.