Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)

Pirali-Kheirabadi, Khodadad, Navidpour, Shahrokh, Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Soleglad, Michael E., 2009, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part V. Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari Province, Euscorpius 78 (78), pp. 1-23 : 3

Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)

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Scorpio crassicauda Olivier, 1807: 97 .

Buthus crassicauda : Simon, 1872: 247 (in part); Simon, 1879: 99; Simon, 1892: 83; Kraepelin, 1899: 16; Pocock, 1902: 373; Kraepelin, 1913: 124; Lampe, 1918: 190.

Androctonus crassicauda : Kraepelin, 1891: 175 (in part); Vachon, 1951: 343; Khalaf, 1962: 1; Khalaf, 1963: 60; Habibi, 1971: 42; Farzanpay & Pretzmann, 1974: 215; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 17; Vachon, 1974: 909; Vachon, 1979: 31; Farzanpay, 1987: 141; Farzanpay, 1988: 36; Fet, 1989: 78; Sissom, 1994: 36; Al-Safadi, 1992: 96; Amr & El-Oran, 1994: 187; Dupré et al., 1998: 59; Kovařík, 1998: 104; Crucitti, 1999: 83; Kabakibi et al., 1999: 80; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 72; Stathi & Mylonas, 2001: 288; Kovařík, 2002: 5; Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 439; Vignoli et al., 2003: 2; Fet & Kovařík, g: 180; Kovařík & Whitman, 2005: 105; Lourenco, 2005: 149; Hendrixson, 2006: 38; Akbari, 2007: 76; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 5; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 3; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 3; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 3.

Prionurus crassicauda : Pocock, 1895: 292; Tullgren, 1909: 2; Birula, 1904: 29; Birula, 1905a: 120; Masi, 1912: 91; Penther, 1912: 110.

Androctonus crassicauda crassicauda : Vachon, 1959: 124; Vachon, 1966: 210; Habibi, 1971: 42; Vachon, 1979: 34; Levy & Amitai, 1980: 24; Kovařík, 1997a: 49.

= Prionurus crassicauda orientalis Birula, 1900a: 355 ; Birula, 1903: 67 (syn. by Fet, 1989: 79)

Buthus (Prionurus) crassicauda orientalis : Birula, 1917: 93, 240.

Buthus crassicauda orientalis : Kraepelin, 1913: 124.

Androctonus crassicauda orientalis : Vachon, 1959: 124; Vachon, 1966: 210; Habibi, 1971: 42; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 18.

Androctonus amoreuxi baluchicus : Kovařík, 1997a: 39 (see Vignoli et al., 2003: 4).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Kashan , Persia, now Iran, Esfahan Province ; MNHN.

CHAHAR MAHAL & BAKHTIYARI PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari Province , Lordegan, Aloni Village, 31°32'18"N 51°04'03"E, 1883 m a.s.l. (Locality No. SH-3), XII.2007, 2♂ 1♀, RRLS, 1♀, FKCP, leg. Pirali ; Lordegan , Giloreh and Sini Villages, 31°32'02"N 51°02'38"E, 1856 m a.s.l. (Locality No. SH-12-13), XII.2007, 2♀, RRLS , 1im., FKCP, leg. Pirali.

DISTRIBUTION: Widespread in Iran, found in most provinces. Recorded also from Armenia (Kraepelin, 1899: 17), Azerbaijan ( Fet, 1989: 79), Bahrain (Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 439), Egypt (Fet & Lowe, 2000: 72), Iraq (Kennedy, 1937: 745), Israel (Simon, 1872: 247), Jordan (Amr & El-Oran, 1994: 187), Kuwait (Kettel, 1982: 6), Lebanon (El-Hennawy, 1992: 100), Oman ( Birula, 1917: 229; Hendrixson, 2006: 39), Qatar (El-Hennawy, 1992: 100), Saudi Arabia (Pocock, 1895: 292; Hendrixson, 2006: 39), Syria ( Birula, 1900b: 9), Tunis (Kraepelin, 1901: 266), Turkey (Pocock, 1902: 373), United Arab Emirates ( Hendrixson, 2006: 40), Yemen ( Birula, 1937: 101).

Figures

Figure 4: Map of Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari Province showing distribution of Androctonus crassicauda and Compsobuthus matthiesseni collected in this study.

Figures 2–3: Iran, Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari Province. 2. Lordegan, Shahidane Baraftab Village, 30°56'05"N 51°21'32"E (Locality No. SH-2). Recorded occurrence of Hottentotta zagrosensis Kovařík, 1997, Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004, and Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903). 3. Lordegan, Aloni Village, 31°32'18"N 51°04'03"E, 1883 m a.s.l. (Locality No. SH-3). Recorded occurrence of Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807), Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004, and Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861.