Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905)
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https://doi.org/ 10.18590/euscorpius.2005.vol2005.iss30.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12781803 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/52739400-FF88-FF8F-EDF6-F911FA4A4827 |
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Felipe |
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Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) |
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Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) View in CoL
Specimens examined: Road from Gaziantep to Şehitkâmil (between 10th and 20th km), 25.VIII.2003: 1 ♂ ( ZDNU 2003 /470), road from Gaziantep to Nizip, 22.VIII.2003: 1 ♀ ( ZDNU 2003 /568), new road from Şehitkâmil to Nizip (c. 15th km), 25.VIII.2003: 2 ♀♀ ( ZDNU 2003 /474/1-2); ibid (c. 20 th km), 07.VIII.2003: 1 ♂ ( ZDNU 2003 /520/1), 1 ♀ ( ZDNU 2003 /520/2), Şehitkâmil, Saray Village , 29.VII.2003: 1 ♂ ( ZDNU 2003 /483) .
Comments: C. matthiesseni is known from central Iran (Kashan), southeastern Turkey and eastern Iraq, all in the Tigris-Euphrates drainage (Sissom & Fet, 1998; Fet & Lowe, 2000; Vignoli et al., 2003). Its first record from Turkey was given from Ergani (Diyarbekir) by Kovařík (1996). Later, Crucitti & Vignoli (2002) found this scorpion in Adıyaman. Specimens are uniformly light yellow as the lectotype described by Sissom & Fet (1998). Extreme sexual dimorphism is present. Males with slender bodies have highly elongated metasomal segments and pedipalps as compared to females. Scorpions were found under stones among steppe vegetation near farmlands. One specimen of C. matthiesseni was collected by excavating a mouse burrow under a stone. A couple coded as 520-1 (♂) and 520-2 (♀) were taken from under the same stone. The time of their collection (August) could indicate mating season for this species.
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