Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Soleglad, Michael E., Fet, Victor & Kovařík, František, 2008, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part II. Bushehr Province, Euscorpius 67 (69), pp. 1-33 : 20-21

Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

Figures 2 , 5 , 7, 24, 78–81

Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861a: 426 ; Karsch, 1879: 15, 21; Birula, 1905a: 146; Birula, 1917: 215; Birula, 1918: 42; Weidner, 1959: 100; Pringle, 1960: 84; Khalaf, 1962: 2; Khalaf, 1963: 68; Vachon, 1966: 214; Habibi, 1971: 44; Farzanpay & Pretzmann, 1974: 217; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 36; Vachon, 1977: 213; Vachon, 1979: 59; Farzanpay, 1987: 141, 168; Farzanpay, 1988: 42; Simard & Watt, 1990: 441; Sissom, 1990: 75; El-Hennawy, 1992: 135; Kovařík, 1997a: 48; Kovařík, 1998: 136; Fet, 2000: 429; Prendini, 2000: 44; Capes & Fet, 2001: 303; Monod & Lourenço, 2005: 902; Akbari, 2007: 76; Navidpour et al., 2008: 26 .

Hemiscorpion lepturus : Peters, 1861b: 511; Ausserer, 1880: 466; Kraepelin, 1899: 142; Werner, 1934: 276; Moritz & Fischer, 1980: 317; Kovařík, 2002: 14.

Hemiscorpio lepturus : Simon, 1880b: 29.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iraq, “Mendeli bei Baghdad ” ( Mendeli near Baghdad) ; ZMHB.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iraq, Mendeli bei Baghdad, 2♂ 2♀ (syntypes), leg. Petermann, ZMHB 43 a–d.

BUSHEHR PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran , Bushehr Prov., Dayer road, 27°59'44"N 51°49'56"E, 8 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-26), XI.2007, 1♀ RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh ; Tangestan , Ahram, 28°51'54"N 51°20'50"E, 123 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu- 36), XI.2007, 1♂ RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh ; Tangestan to Farashband, 227 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-37), XI.2007, 1♂ RRLS , 1♂ 2♀ FKCP, leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Hayder ; Borazjan , Dalaki, 29°23'27"N 51°16'00"E, 100 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu- 19), XI.2007, 2♀ RRLS, leg. Masihpour & Bahrani ; Omidiyeh to Genaveh road, 30°13'42"N 50°12'01"E, 128 m a.s.l. (Locality No. B-Bi805), VI.2007, 3♂ 4♀ RRLS, leg. Navidpour & Masihipour.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Kohkiloyeh & Boyerahmad, Fars, Hormozgan, and Lorestan Provinces (Kovařík, 1997a: 48), Bushehr and Khoozestan Provinces (Farzanpay, 1987: 141, Monod & Lourenço, 2005: 902; Akbari, 2007: 76; Navidpour et al., 2008: 26); Iraq ( Peters, 1861a: 426).

Key of Scorpions of Bushehr Province

1. Pedipalp patella without ventral trichobothria ……. Buthidae ...........……………………………................ 3 - Pedipalp patella with ventral trichobothria ..……....... 2 2. Lateroapical margins of leg tarsi shaped into rounded lobes. …….. Scorpio maurus townsendi ( Pocock, 1900) - Lateroapical margins of leg tarsi straight. ........... …………………… Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 3. Carapace in lateral view distinctly inclined downward from median eyes to anterior margin. Total length less than 50 mm. .... Orthochirus .........………..................... 4 - Carapace in lateral view with entire dorsal surface horizontal or nearly so (possibly with a slight anterior slope) ....................................…..................................... 6

4. Metasoma densely hirsute. ...……………....... …... Orthochirus stockwelli (Lourenço & Vachon, 1995) - Entire metasoma glabrous (short, thin setae may issue from some punctae) .......…………………………........ 5

5. Dorsal surface of fifth metasomal segment mesially densely granulated......... Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004

- Dorsal surface of fifth metasomal segment mesially smooth. ………….. Orthochirus farzanpayi (Vachon & Farzanpay, 1987)

6. Cheliceral fixed finger with a single ventral denticle.……………………... Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903) - Cheliceral fixed finger with two ventral denticles ......................................……………….......................... 7

7. Carapace granulated but without carinae ......... ……………. Buthacus macrocentrus (Ehrenberg, 1828) - Carapace with carinae .................……….................... 8 12. Pectinal teeth number 15–19. Male has much wider and shorter pedipalp chela ..….. C. jakesi Kovařík, 2003 - Pectinal teeth number 21–24. Width of pedipalp manus the same in both sexes ......................... C. persicus sp. n.

13. Trichobothrium db on patella of pedipalp located usually between est and dt. Trichobothrium db may be on level with trichobothrium est or rarely between est and esb. Carinae of carapace not forming a lyre-shaped configuration. Ventrolateral carinae on the fifth metasomal segment with all granules more or less equal in size..……………..... Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880) - Trichobothrium db on patella of pedipalp always located between est and esb. Carinae of carapace forming a lyre-shaped configuration. Ventrolateral carinae on the fifth metasomal segment with irregular granules. ...… Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 188 9)

Figures

Figures 2–3: Iran, Bushehr Province. 2. Tangestan, Ahram, 28°51'45"N 51°20'50"E, 123 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-36). Recorded occurence of Compsobuthus persicus sp. n., Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880), Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889), Orthochirus farzanpayi (Vachon et Farzanpay, 1987), Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903), and Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861. 3. Dayer road, village, 26°28'12"N 51°07'40"E, 405 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-21). Recorded occurence of Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889).

Figures 5–6: Iran, Bushehr Province. 5. Borazjan, Dalaki, 29°23'27"N 51°16'00"E, 100 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-19). Type locality of Compsobuthus persicus sp. n. Also found Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889), Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903), and Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861. 6. Dailam to Geneveh road, Payshur village, 29°41'56"N 50°26'04"E, 18 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-803). Recorded occurrence of Orthochirus stockwelli (Lourenço et Vachon, 1995).