ETUDES SUR LES SCORPIONS
by
Max Vachon
1952
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Preface. Chapitre premiere (Morphologie, Bionomie et repartition mondiale).
Pages 1 - 44.

Chapitre II: Caracteres servant a la classification.
NB! Note that 1. page of this chapter is in the end of the previous file!
Pages 45 - 70.

Chapitre III: Description des scorpions du Nord-Ouest de L'Afrique (Maroc, Algerie, Tunisie, Fezzan, Sahara et Sahel).
A. Familie des Buthidae E. Simon, 1879.
[Part I: Genera Cicileus, Buthiscus, Lissothus, Butheoloides and Anoplobuthus.]
Pages 71 - 115.

Chapitre III: Description des scorpions du Nord-Ouest de L'Afrique (Maroc, Algerie, Tunisie, Fezzan, Sahara et Sahel).
A. Familie des Buthidae E. Simon, 1879.
[Part II: Genus Androctonus.]
Pages 116 - 178

Chapitre III: Description des scorpions du Nord-Ouest de L'Afrique (Maroc, Algerie, Tunisie, Fezzan, Sahara et Sahel).
A. Familie des Buthidae E. Simon, 1879.
[Part III: Genera Buthacus, Leiurus, Compsobuthus, Orthochirus and Buthotus (= Hottentotta).]
NB! Note that last page of the Buthotus section is found in the next file!
Pages 178 - 240.

Chapitre III: Description des scorpions du Nord-Ouest de L'Afrique (Maroc, Algerie, Tunisie, Fezzan, Sahara et Sahel).
A. Familie des Buthidae E. Simon, 1879.
[Part IV: Genera Buthus, Microbuthus, Mesobuthus and Odontobuthus.]
Pages 241 - 326.

Chapitre III: Description des scorpions du Nord-Ouest de L'Afrique (Maroc, Algerie, Tunisie, Fezzan, Sahara et Sahel).
B. Familie des Scorpionidae Pocock, 1893.
C. Familie des Chactidae Pocock, 1893.
Pages 327 - 365.

Chapitre IV: Biogeographie des scorpions du Nord-Ouest de L'Afrique.
Pages 366 - 388.

Chapitre V: Determination des scorpions du Nord-Ouest de L'Afrique: Tableu generale.
[General identification keys for North-African scorpions (keys for families, genera and species)] Pages 389 - 419.

Chapitre V: Determination des scorpions du Nord-Ouest de L'Afrique: Tableu regionaux. Secteur sahlien
[Regional identification keys for North-African scorpions (keys for families, genera and species). Also identification keys for identifying specimens based on the body, pedipalps or cauda].
Pages 420 - 470.

Bibliographie. Table Alphabetique. Table des Matieres.
Pages 471 - 482.