Leiurus abdullahbayrami Yağmur, Koç et Kunt, 2009

Lowe, Graeme, Yağmur, Ersen Aydın & Kovařík, František, 2014, A review of the genus Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with description of four new species from the Arabian Peninsula, Euscorpius 191, pp. 1-129 : 91-99

Leiurus abdullahbayrami Yağmur, Koç et Kunt, 2009

( Figs. 83–84, 87A, 88A, 89A, 90A, 91H, 92A, 94F, 95, 98–99, Tab. 3A)

Leiurus abdullahbayrami Yağmur, Koç & Kunt, 2009: 2–16 , figs. 1–22, tab. 1–2.

REFERENCES

Buthus quinquestriatus: Simon, 1892: 83 (?).

Leiurus quinquestriatus: Kinzelbach, 1984: 98 , Fig 2; Kinzelbach, 1985: map II (in part); Crucitti & Cicuzza, 2000: 283, 287, fig. 15; Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 451–452.

Leiurus quinquestriatus voelschowi: Kovařík, 1996: 54 .

Leiurus abdullahbayrami: Khalil & Yağmur, 2010: 3–5 ; Ozkan et al., 2011: 414–419, fig. 2; İnanç & Arikan, 2014: 38.

TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype adult ♂, Turkey, hill 1 km E of Sarısalkım Village, 37°05'46.5"N 37°16'51.3"E, 1029 m a.s.l., 14.VIII.2004, leg. E.A. Yağmur (MTAS/But:0908-01).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. Syria: 1 ♀, Alep- po, 36°06'N, 37°10.8'E, leg. E. Graeter ( NHMB 17e); 1♀, 1♂, Al- Hasakah Province, eastern Abd Al-Aziz Mountain, 40 km SW Al-Hasakah, 12. VII.2009, 36° 23'20"N 40°22'01"E, 674 m a.s.l., leg. N. Khalil (MTAS); 1♀, Homs Province, Al- Mukharram Region, Al-Sankari Village, 4. VII.2009, 34°48'46"N 37°09'32"E, 655 m a.s.l., leg. N. Khalil (MTAS). Turkey: 1 ♂, 1 km S of Tanır Village, Nizip District, Gaziantep Province, 37°06'34"N 37°49'57"E, 529 m a.s.l., 30. V.2003, leg. E.A. Yağmur & S. Kesmezoğlu (MTAS); 1 ♀, hill E of Sarısalkım Village, Şahinbey District, Gaziantep Prov- ince, 37°05'47"N 37°16'51"E, 1024 m a.s.l., 30. VII. 2003, leg. E.A. Yağmur (MTAS); 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Şirvan Hill, Sarısalkım Village, Şahinbey District, Gaziantep Prov- ince, 37°05'27"N 37°15'52"E, 1076 m a.s.l., 6.IX.2003, leg. E.A. Yağmur (MTAS); 1 ♀, hill E of Sarısalkım Village, Şahinbey District, Gaziantep Province, 37°05' 47"N 37°16'51"E, 1024 m a.s.l., 14.VIII.2004, leg. E.A. Yağmur (MTAS); 1 ♀, 1 km S of Kayacık Village fork in road, Oğuzeli District, Gaziantep Province, 36°50' 41"N 37°34'29"E, 619 m a.s.l., 11.IX. 2004, leg. E.A. Yağmur & M. Yalçın (MTAS); 1 ♂, 1 km S of Kızılhisar Village, Şahinbey District, Gaziantep Province, 36° 59'52"N 37°18'17"E, 900 m a.s.l., 14.IX.2004, leg. E.A. Yağmur & C. Toprak (MTAS); 1 ♂, Köksalan Village, Şehitkamil District, Gaziantep Province, 37°15'44"N 37° 14'32"E, 956 m a.s.l., 9.IV.2005, leg. E.A. Yağmur, M. Yalçın & F. Değir- menci (MTAS); 1 ♀, 2 km N of Sarikaya Village, Şahinbey District, Gaziantep Province, 37°07'06"N 37°03'07"E, 1178 m a.s.l., 7. V.2005, leg. E.A. Yağmur, M. Yalçın & F. Değirmenci (MTAS); 1 ♀, 3 km SW of Hasancalı Village, Musabeyli District, Kilis Province, 36°52'47.2"N 36°47'42.4"E, 755 m a.s.l., 27.IV.2006, leg. E.A. Yağmur & M. Özkörük (MTAS); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 km E of Küplüce Village, Central District, Kilis Province, 36°44'92"N 37°15'19"E, 624 m a.s.l., 29. IV.2006, leg. E.A. Yağmur & M. Yalçın (MTAS); 1 ♂, 1 km NE of Çaybaşı Village, Oğuzeli District, Gaziantep Province, 36°47'47"N 37°35'15"E, 546 m a.s.l., 25. VI.2006, leg. E.A. Yağmur & M. Özkörük (MTAS); 1 ♀, 1 km W of Aydınoluk Village fork in road, Central District, Adıyaman Province, 37°46'08"E, 38°20'54"N 11.VIII.2006, leg. E.A. Yağmur & A. Avcı (MTAS); 1 ♂, 1 ♂, 4 km E of Kaşlıca Village, Tut District, Adıyaman Province, 37°48'34"N 37°59'21"E, 1183 m a.s.l., 8. VI.2007, leg. E. A. Yağmur & G. Çalışır (MTAS); 1 ♂, 1 km S of Eski Sarkaya Village, Sehitkamil District, Gaziantemp Province, 37°12.733'N 37° 7.75'E, 1000 m a.s.l., 23. VI.2007, leg. E.A. Yağmur & M. Yalçin (GL); 1 ♀, 0.5 km N of Hörük Village fork in road, Pazarcık District, Kahramanmaraş Province, 37°30'10"N 37°33'46"E, 795 m a.s.l., 24. VI.2007, leg. E.A.Yağmur & M. Yalçın(MTAS); 1♀,Çörten Village, Central District, Kilis Province, 36°46'35"N, 37°18'00", 27. VI.2007, E.M.Z. Yıldız (MTAS); 1 ♂, 2 km E of Yamaçoba Village, Şehitkamil District, Gaziantep Province, 37°10'27.3"N 37°05'33.1"E, 1099 m a.s.l., 1. VII.2007, leg. E.A. Yağmur & M. Yalçın (MTAS); 1 ♂, Konakdere Hamlet, Gökçay Village, Central District, Adıyaman Province, 37°57'24.9"N 38°17'55.3"E, 1155 a.s.l., 29. VII.2007, leg. E. A. Yağmur & A. Avcı (MTAS); 1 ♀, İncesu Village, Şehitkamil District, Gazi- antep Province, 37°13'16"N 37°18'05"E, 942 m a.s.l., 4. V.2008, leg. E.A. Yağmur & E. Tezcan (MTAS); 1 ♀, 2 km E of Çaybasi Village, Oguzeli District, Gaziantep Province, 36°47.783'N 37°35.25'E, 546 m a.s.l., 18. VII. 2010, leg. E.A. Yağmur & M. Özkörük (GL); 1 ♂, 1 ♂, 1 km W of Çakıryiğit Village, Reyhanlı District, Hatay Province, 36°15'42"N 36° 36'22"E, 225 m a.s.l., 06. VII.2011, leg. E. A. Yağmur, M. Özkörük (MTAS).

DIAGNOSIS (adults). Medium sized Leiurus , 51–68 mm in length, carapace L 6.2–8.8 mm; base color yellow with variable fuscous markings on carapace and tergites; metasoma V dark except for posterior end; area of carapace between anterior median carinae smooth or with a few small granules anteriorly, area between posterior median carinae with shallow to moderately deep median furrow flanked by arcs of fine or coarse granules; medial intercarinal surfaces of tergites II– III with shagreened or with dense, fine granulation; posterior margin of coxa III smooth; metasoma stout, metasoma II L / W 1.26 –1.46, metasoma III L / W 1.35 –1.64, metasoma IV L / W 1.28 – 1.85; ventromedian carinae of metasoma II and III with 10–17 denticles (12/12 carinae); metasoma V with enlarged subtriangular or lobate denticles on ventrolateral carinae; pedipalps stout, patella L / W 2.39 –2.86; leg III patella L /D 2.96–3.90; pectine teeth ♂ 36–42, ♀ 30–35; pectines medium sized, pectine L / carapace L ♂ 1.07– 1.30, ♀ 1.01–1.22, mid-pectine sensillar margin L / metasoma I W ♂ 0.129 –0.206, ♀ 0.093 –0.162; basal 4–5 pectine teeth of males overlap if anterior pectine margins aligned to posterior margins of coxae IV; pectine basal piece smooth in females, with fine granules anteromedially, otherwise smooth in males; leg III basitarsus with 12–18 retrosuperior setae; pedipalp chela fixed finger with trichobothrium db usually proximal to est; sternite VII with area between median carinae smooth; sternite carination: males, sternite III with median carinae weak to moderate, sternites IV– V with lateral carinae weak to moderate, median carinae weak to obsolete; females, sternite III with median carinae obsolete, sternites IV– V with lateral carinae weak, median carinae obsolete.

DISTRIBUTION. Turkey, Syria.