Odontobuthus tirgari, Mirshamsi, Omid, Azghadi, Sara, Navidpour, Shahrokh, Aliabadian, Mansour & Kovařík, František, 2013

Mirshamsi, Omid, Azghadi, Sara, Navidpour, Shahrokh, Aliabadian, Mansour & Kovařík, František, 2013, Odontobuthus tirgari sp. nov. (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the eastern region of the Iranian Plateau, Zootaxa 3731 (1), pp. 153-170 : 160

Other Iranian Odontobuthus species are distinguishable from O. tirgari sp. nov. by the following main characteristics:

O. doriae: Scorpions of medium size ranging from 66 to 76.31 mm in total length; X/ Y index 0.582 ± 0.036; dentate margins of fixed and movable fingers of pedipalps with 13–14 rows of oblique denticles (MFL/ML 2.06 ± 0.089); ventrosubmedian carinae of metasomal segments II–III with three pairs of very strong denticles; anterior ventral margin of metasomal segment IV with transverse row of four large denticles; lateral anal arch with two distinct enlarged denticles; telson indices TlL/W 2.10 ± 0.139, TlL/H 2.25 ± 0.127.

O. bidentatus: Scorpions of medium size ranging from 70.8 to 82.24 mm in total length; X/ Y index 0.60 ± 0.026; dentate margins of fixed and movable fingers of pedipalps with 13–14 rows of oblique denticles (MFL/ML 2.29 ± 0.12); ventrosubmedian carinae of metasomal segments II–III with two enlarged denticles; anterior ventral margin of metasomal segment IV with transverse row of eight large denticles; lateral anal arch with three distinct enlarged denticles; posterior ventral margin of metasomal segment V with four reduced lobes; telson indices TlL/W 1.96 ± 0.086, TlL/H 2.09 ± 0.112.