Buthacus macrocentrus (Ehrenberg, 1828)

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Kovařík, František, Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2008, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part I. Khoozestan Province, Euscorpius 65 (69), pp. 1-41 : 7-8

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 .

= 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, 1997a: 49; Kovařík, 1998: 105; Kovařík, 2001: 80; Fet & Kovařík, 2003: 180.

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

= Buthacus yotvatensis Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973: 130 ; Levy & Amitai, 1980: 90; 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♀, lecto- type of Androctonus (Leiurus) macrocentrus Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828, ZMHB.

KHOOZESTAN PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Khoozestan Province , Ahvaz–Omidiyeh road (40 km to Omidiyeh), 30°37'49"N 49°31'47"E (Locality No. 812), V.2007, 1juv. FKCP, leg. Masihipour & Bahrani ; Hamidiyeh , 31°27'57"N 48°29'18"E, 13 m a.s.l. (Locality No. A-Ham-812-2), IX.2007, 3♀ RRLS , 1♂ 1♀ FKCP, leg. Masihipour & Navidpour ; AhvazMasjedsoleyman road, 31°49'34"N 49°05'00"E, 53 m a.s.l. (Locality No. A-Ma-816), X.2007, 4ims. 3juvs. RRLS, leg. Masihipour & Hayader ; Ahvaz–Omidiyeh road (20 km to Omidiyeh), 30°56'12"N 49°34'00"E, 53 m a.s.l., 2007, 3♂ 5♀ 1juv. RRLS, leg. Bahrani, Masihipour & Jahanifard ; Chogha Zanbil (zikkurat), 32°00'55"N 48°31'04"E, 68.5 m a.s.l., 2007, 4♂ 1♀ RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Navidpour & Hayader ; Ahvaz– Haftgel road (40 km to Haftgel), 31°16'17"N 49°14'07"E, 44 m a.s.l., 2007, 3♂ RRLS, leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Bahrani ; Ahvaz–Omidiyeh road, Chombeh village, 31°11'54"N 49°11'41"E, 44 m a.s.l., 2007, 3♂ 3♀ RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Navidpour & Tofigh ; Shush (Apadana Palace), 32°10'55"N 48°15'39"E, 75 m a.s.l., X.2007, 1♂ 5♀ 3 juvs. RRLS, leg. Navidpour, Masihipour & Bahrani.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, known from Bushehr Province (Chahak district) ( Kovařík, 2005: 8, as "Chamak Province") and Khoozestan Province (first report); Iraq (Penther, 1912: 112), Israel (Vachon, 1966: 210), Jordan (Pérez Minocci, 1974: 19), Syria (Simon, 1892: 84), Turkey (Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 439).

COMMENTS: This is most likely the only species of Buthacus present in Iran, but its distribution needs to be better documented. All records of Buthacus leptochelys (Ehrenberg, 1829) in Iran probably pertain to B. macrocentrus .