Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004

Kovařík, František, Yağmur, Ersen Aydin, Fet, Victor & Hussen, Fenik Sherzad, 2019, A review of Orthochirus from Turkey, Iraq, and Iran (Khoozestan, Ilam, and Lorestan Provinces), with descriptions of three new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae), Euscorpius 278, pp. 1-31 : 26

publication ID

1536-9307

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A5D48DB3-5F10-40B5-A170-63A6449CE40D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10835783

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7E0F8799-FFD1-B56F-B6E3-FE2EFC1C5DF0

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004
status

 

Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004 View in CoL

( Figs. 162, 169, 174–176)

Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004: 22 View in CoL View Cited Treatment ; Kovařík & Fet, 2006: 8, figs. 7–8; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 20 View Cited Treatment ; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 7 View Cited Treatment ; Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 10, figs. 2–3, 5, 8, 10, 36–39; Navidpour et al., 2011: 17 View Cited Treatment , figs. 14, 49–52; Navidpour et al., 2012: 17.

Orthochirus farzanpayi View in CoL : Navidpour et al., 2008a: 14–15 View Cited Treatment , figs. 31, 93–94 (in part, specimens from Khoozestan Province).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran, Fars Province, Dasht-e-Arzhan , 29°34'N 51°56'E, 2000 m. a.s.l GoogleMaps .; FKCP.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Fars Province, Dasht-e-Arzhan , 29°34'N 51°56'E, 2000 m. a.s.l., 21–22.IV.2000, leg. J. Šobotník, 1♂ (holotype), FKCP GoogleMaps .

OTHER MATERIAL FROM THE REGION ( FIG. 176) EXAMINED. Iran, Khoozestan Province , Shushtar District, Arab Hasan village (Locality No. SH-100), VII.2007, leg. Masihipour & Hayader, 1♂, FKCP .

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS. Total length of adults 26–46 mm. Trichobothrium d 2 at pedipalp femur dorsal surface absent or reduced. Strong median tibial spurs present on third and fourth legs. Pectinal teeth number 18–22 in both sexes. Movable and fixed fingers of pedipalps with 7–9 rows of denticles, with internal and external denticles and 2–4 subterminal denticles. Dorsal carinae on pedipalp patella smooth and reduced. Metasoma I with 10 carinae, metasoma II with 8 carinae. Metasoma ventrally punctate with ventrolateral carinae present on metasoma I–II and partly on metasoma III and V; spaces among punctae smooth, without granules. Whole metasoma smooth without granules, punctate and bumpy, including metasoma V dorsal. Sternite VII granulate, with granulate carinae developed. Pedipalp, metasoma and telson very sparsely hirsute, rather glabrous. Tarsomere I of legs with bristlecombs composed of 4–6 bristles. Ratio length/width of metasoma V in males 1.27–1.30.

DISTRIBUTION. Iran (Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari, Esfahan, Fars, Kerman, Kohkiloyeh & Boyer Ahmad, and Yazd Provinces) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Buthidae

Genus

Orthochirus

Loc

Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004

Kovařík, František, Yağmur, Ersen Aydin, Fet, Victor & Hussen, Fenik Sherzad 2019
2019
Loc

Orthochirus farzanpayi

NAVIDPOUR 2008: 15
2008
Loc

Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004: 22

NAVIDPOUR 2011: 17
NAVIDPOUR 2008: 20
NAVIDPOUR 2008: 7
KOVARIK 2004: 22
2004
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