Buthacus macrocentrus (Ehrenberg, 1828)

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Soleglad, Michael E., Fet, Victor & Kovařík, František, 2013, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part IX. Hormozgan Province, with a description of Odontobuthus tavighiae sp. n. (Buthidae), Euscorpius 170, pp. 1-29 : 4-6

Buthacus macrocentrus (Ehrenberg, 1828)

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Androctonus (Leiurus) macrocentrus Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828: pl. 1, fig. 6; Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829: 355 (in part); Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1831: 5 (in part); Moritz & Fischer, 1980: 317 (in part); Braunwalder & Fet, 1998: 32 (in part).

Buthacus macrocentrus: Kovařík, 2005: 7 ; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 7 , figs. 3, 6, 12, 56–59; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 5 , figs. 4, 20, 53–56; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 5 , figs. 2, 3, 8, 25–26; Kaltsas et al., 2008: 214; Yağmur et al., 2008: 16, figs. 2 and 4.

= Buthus tadmorensis Simon, 1892: 84 ; Kraepelin, 1895: 83; Birula, 1905a: 136; Habibi, 1971: 43 (syn. by Kovařík, 2005: 8).

Buthus (Buthacus) tadmorensis: Birula, 1910: 172 ; Birula, 1917: 229.

Buthacus tadmorensis: Simon, 1910: 76 ; Vachon, 1966: 210; Farzanpay, 1987: 144; Farzanpay, 1988: 36; Kovařík, 1997: 49; Kovařík, 1998: 105; Kovařík, 2001: 80; Fet & Kovařík, 2003: 180.

= Buthus pietschmanni Penther, 1912: 112 , fig. on p. 113 (syn. by Birula, 1917: 229).

= Buthacus yotvatensis Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973: 130 , figs. 32–37; Levy & Amitai, 1980: 90, figs. 82–85; Kinzelbach, 1984: 99; Vachon & Kinzelbach, 1987: 100; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 85; Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 439 (syn. by Kovařík, 2001: 80).

Buthacus yotvatensis yotvatensis: Vachon, 1979: 36 ; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 85.

Buthacus tadmorensis tadmorensis: Vachon & Kinzelbach, 1987: 101 ; Kovařík, 2002: 5;

Buthacus tadmorensis yotvatensis: Vachon & Kinzelbach, 1987: 101 ; Amr et al., 1988: 374; El- Hennawy, 1992: 114; Kabakibi et al., 1999: 82.

Mesobuthus pietschmanni: El-Hennawy, 1992: 128 .

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Sinai; ZMHB . Type locality “ Sinai ” ( Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829: 355 and label) must be regarded as erroneous .

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Sinai (labeled as Androctonus macrocentrus , Sinai, No. 153), 1♀, lectotype of Androctonus (Leiurus) macrocentrus Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828, ZMHB.

HORMOZGAN PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Hormozgan Province , 26°45'57.3"N 54°46'31.4"E, 18 m a.s.l. (Locality No. HO-148), XI.2008, 4♂ 4♀ ( RRLS) 1♂ ( FKCP), leg. Masihipour & Hayader; 26°45'14.9"N 54°31'44.3"E, 30 m a.s.l. (Locality No. HO-149), XI.2008, 2♂ 2ims. ( RRLS), leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh; 26°46'36.6"N 55°13'59.2"E, 5 m a.s.l. (Locality No. HO-152), XI.2008, 1♂ ( FKCP) 3ims. ( RRLS), leg. Masihipour, Hayader & Habibzadeh; 45 km. to Khamir Port ( Bandare Khamir ), 26°50'41.2"N 55°22'06.9"E, 17 m a.s.l. (Locality No. HO-153), XI.2008, 4♀ 4ims. ( RRLS) 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. Masihipour, Hayder & Bahrani.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Bushehr ( Kovařík, 2005: 8, as " Chamak Province ") , Hormozgan (first report) , Ilam

( Navidpour et al., 2008c: 5), and Khoozestan Province ( Navidpour et al., 2008a: 7) Provinces; Iraq ( Penther, 1912: 112), Israel ( Vachon, 1966: 210), Jordan (Pérez Minocci, 1974: 19), Syria ( Simon, 1892: 84), Turkey (Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 439).