Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Soleglad, Michael E., 2012, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part VIII. Fars Province, Euscorpius 139, pp. 1-29 : 3

Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)

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Scorpio crassicauda Olivier, 1807: 97 , pl. XLII, fig. 2.

Buthus crassicauda: Simon, 1872: 247 (in part); Simon, 1879: 99; Simon, 1892: 83; Kraepelin, 1899: 16; Pocock, 1902: 373; Kraepelin, 1913: 124; Lampe, 1918: 190.

Androctonus crassicauda: Kraepelin, 1891: 175 (in part); Vachon, 1951: 343; Khalaf, 1962: 1; Khalaf, 1963: 60; Habibi, 1971: 42; Farzanpay & Pretzmann, 1974: 215; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 17; Vachon, 1974: 909, fig. 40; Vachon, 1979: 31, figs. 1, 2, 4; Farzanpay, 1987: 141; Farzanpay, 1988: 36; Fet, 1989: 78; Al-Safadi, 1992: 96; Amr & El-Oran, 1994: 187; Sissom, 1994: 36; Dupré et al., 1998: 59; Kovařík, 1998: 104; Crucitti, 1999: 83; Kabakibi et al., 1999: 80, fig. 3; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 72; Stathi & Mylonas, 2001: 288; Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 439; Kovařík, 2002: 5; Fet & Kovařík, 2003: 180; Vignoli et al., 2003: 2; Kovařík & Whitman, 2005: 105; Lourenço, 2005: 149; Hendrixson, 2006: 38, figs. 1a–f, Pl. 1; Akbari, 2007: 76, fig. p. 62; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 5, figs. 5, 12, 44–45; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 3, figs. 4, 20, 25–28; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 3, figs. 2, 3, 8, 13–16; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 3, figs. 4, 9, 15–18; Pirali- Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 3, figs. 3–4, 12–15; Navidpour et al., 2010: 3, fig. 4; Navidpour et al., 2011: 3, figs. 4, 10, 17–20.

Prionurus crassicauda: Pocock, 1895: 292 ; Tullgren, 1909: 2; Birula, 1904: 29; Birula, 1905a: 120; Masi, 1912: 91; Penther, 1912: 110.

Androctonus crassicauda crassicauda: Vachon, 1959: 124 ; Vachon, 1966: 210; Habibi, 1971: 42; Vachon, 1979: 34; Levy & Amitai, 1980: 23–29, figs. 30–34; Kovařík, 1997a: 49.

= Prionurus crassicauda orientalis Birula, 1900: 355 ; Birula, 1903: 67 (syn. by Fet, 1989: 79).

Buthus (Prionurus) crassicauda orientalis: Birula, 1917: 93 , 240.

Buthus crassicauda orientalis: Kraepelin, 1913: 124 .

Androctonus crassicauda orientalis: Vachon, 1959: 124 ; Vachon, 1966: 210; Habibi, 1971: 42; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 18.

Androctonus amoreuxi baluchicus: Kovařík, 1997a: 39 (see Vignoli et al., 2003: 4).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Kashan , Persia, now Iran, Esfahan Province; MNHN .

FARS PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Fars Province , Pasargad, Saadat Shahr, 30°17'59"N 52° 10'29"E, 1862 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-859), IX.2008, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. Masihipour, Hayader & Bahrani; Kazeroon, Farashband road, 29°29'10"N 51°49'54"E, 832 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-847), IX.2008, 1♀ ( RRLS), leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Masihipour; Kazeroon, Farashband, 29°25'03"N 52°14'31"E, 814 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-844), IX.2008, 2♂ ( RRLS) 1♂ ( FKCP), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; Gheer-Khonj, 28°14'34"N 53°06'41"E, 638 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-867), X.2008, 1♀ ( RRLS) , leg, Masihipour & Hayader; Juym-Lar , 28°14'45"N 54° 03'15"E, 732 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-877), X.2008, 1im ( RRLS), leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Masihipour; Jahrom-Lar (5 km to Lar), 27°42'30"N 54°19'33"E, 861 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-890), X.2008, 2♂ 1♀ ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader.

DISTRIBUTION: Widespread in Iran, found in most provinces. Recorded also from Armenia (Kraepelin, 1899: 17), Azerbaijan ( Fet, 1989: 79), Bahrain (Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 439), Egypt (Fet & Lowe, 2000: 72), Iraq (Kennedy, 1937: 745), Israel (Simon, 1892: 83), Jordan (Amr & El-Oran, 1994: 187), Kuwait (Kettel, 1982: 6), Lebanon (El-Hennawy, 1992: 100), Oman ( Birula, 1917: 229; Hendrixson, 2006: 39), Qatar (El- Hennawy, 1992: 100), Saudi Arabia (Pocock, 1895: 292; Hendrixson, 2006: 39), Syria (Simon, 1872: 247), Tunisia (Kraepelin, 1901: 266), Turkey (Pocock, 1902: 373), United Arab Emirates ( Hendrixson, 2006: 40), and Yemen ( Birula, 1937: 101).