Odontobuthus tirgari, Mirshamsi, Omid, Azghadi, Sara, Navidpour, Shahrokh, Aliabadian, Mansour & Kovařík, František, 2013

Mirshamsi, Omid, Azghadi, Sara, Navidpour, Shahrokh, Aliabadian, Mansour & Kovařík, František, 2013, Odontobuthus tirgari sp. nov. (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the eastern region of the Iranian Plateau, Zootaxa 3731 (1), pp. 153-170 : 158-159

Genus Odontobuthus Vachon, 1950

Type is Buthus doriae Thorell, 1877 .

Odontobuthus tirgari sp. nov. Figs. 4–30 , Table 1

Type material: Holotype: ♀, Iran, Khorasan Province, Gonabad, ca. 5 km NE of Kakhk, daytime excavation, 1 September 2007, leg. O. Mirshamsi (ZMFUM-scr-2120).

Paratypes: Khorasan Razavi Province: 1♀, 1♀ subadult, 9 juv. ZMFUM, 1♂ 1♀ FKCP, Gonabad, ca.3 Km Northeast of Kakhk, Marghesh vill., 34.146 °N, 58.644 °E, 1 September 2007, leg. O. Mirshamsi (ZMFUM-scr- 2121 to ZMFUM-scr-2130); 1♂, 7♀ subadult, 15 juv. ZMFUM, Gonabad, ca.3 Km Northeast of Kakhk, Marghesh vill., 34.146 °N, 58.644 °E, 15 July 2011, leg. O. Mirshamsi & S. Azghadi, (ZMFUM-scr-2091 to ZMFUM-scr- 2115); 3♀, 4♀ subadult, 1♂ subadult, ZMFUM, Gonabad, Northeast of Kakhk, Ostad road, 34.125° N, 58.775° E, 6 August 2011, leg. O. Mirshamsi & S. Azghadi (ZMFUM-scr- 2131 to 2138); 1♂ 1♀1♀ subadult, AMNH, Khorasan Prov., Gonabad, ca. 3 Km Northeast of Kakhk, Marghesh vill., 34.146 °N, 58.644°E, 1 September 2012, leg. O. Mirshamsi.

Etymology: The species name is a patronym honoring Prof. Siavash Tirgari , for his contributions to the study of scorpions in Iran.

Diagnosis: Scorpions of medium to large size ( Figs. 4–5 ), ranging from 60 to 72 mm in males and 66 to 75 mm in females; General coloration yellow to yellowish green; ocular tubercle located on anterior half of prosoma with following index: 0.65 ± 0.025; dentate margins of fixed and movable fingers of pedipalps with 12–13 rows of oblique denticles; longer movable finger relative to the manus length (MFL/ML 1.88–2.66); ventrosubmedian carinae of metasomal segments II–III with three to five pairs of distinct denticles; anterior ventral margin of metasomal segment IV with transverse row of eight or more enlarged granules; Metasomal segment IV L/W 1.80 ± 0.128; ventrolateral carinae of metasomal segment V with three strong lobate denticles; Lateral anal arch armed with two strong and one minor lobe; posterior ventral margin of metasomal segment V with six reduced lobes; smaller and narrower telson (TlL/W 2.06 ± 0.142; TlL/H 2.20 ± 0.151).

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 5. Odontobuthus tirgari sp. nov. female holotype. Habitus viewed under UV fluorescence. 1) dorsal and 2) ventral aspects. Scale bar: 10 mm.

FIGURES 6 – 19. Odontobuthus tirgari sp. nov. 6) dorsal habitus of male paratype; 7) ventral habitus of male paratype; 8) dorsal habitus of female paratype; 9) ventral habitus of female paratype; 10) lateral view of telson and fifth metasomal segment of male paratype; 11) lateral view of metasoma in male paratype; 12) lateral view of metasoma in female paratype; 13) lateral view of telson and fifth metasomal segment of female paratype; 14) prosoma carination of female paratype; 15) fixed finger of chela of female paratype; 16) lateral view of chela of female paratype; 17) dorsal aspect pedipalp patella of female paratype; 18) external aspect of pedipalp patella of female paratype; 19) dorsal aspect of pedipalp femur of female paratype.

FIGURES 20 – 23. Odontobuthus tirgari sp. nov. female holotype under UV fluorescence. 20) Pedipalp fixed finger; 21) Pedipalp movable finger; 22) dorsal aspect of pedipalp patella; 23) dorsal aspect of pedipalp femur. Scale bar:

FIGURES 24 – 25. Odontobuthus tirgari sp. nov. female holotype under UV fluorescence. 24) prosoma carination; 25) coxosternal area. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURES 26 – 30. Odontobuthus tirgari sp. nov. female holotype under UV fluorescence. 26) lateral aspect of metasomal segments II and III; 27) ventral aspect of metasomal segments II and III; 28) ventral aspect of metasomal segment IV; 29) lateral aspect of metasomal segment V and telson; 30) ventral aspect of metasomal segment V and telson. Scale bar: 1 mm.

Tables

TABLE 1. The statistics (Min, Max and Mean ± SE) of 27 morphometric characters measured for different species of the genus Odontobuthus. The results of one-way ANOVA have been presented in the last column. *, significant difference, (P <0.05).

	Min	O. doriae (n=20) Max Mean±S.E.	O. bidentatus (n=9) Min Max Mean±S.E.	Min	O. tirgari (n=6) Max Mean±S.E.	Kruskall-Wallis P<
BL	66.01	76.31 71.123±0.622	70.8 82.24 73.600±1.530	58.12	74.17 66.131±2.581	0.05
CL	8.21	10.00 9.055±0.091	8.64 9.71 9.223±0.117	7.32	9.14 7.971±0.251	0.05
CWP	9.57	11.00 10.214±0.090	9.55 10.8 10.374±0.130	8.71	10.39 9.290±0.268	0.05
CWA	5.65	6.75 6.164±0.066	5.88 6.62 6.234±0.070	5.15	6.11 5.481±0.133	0.05
X	3.00	3.82 3.349±0.053	3.27 3.66 3.474±0.045	2.92	3.57 3.145±0.095	0.05
Y	5.21	6.31 5.759±0.061	5.31 6.21 5.774±0.102	4.41	5.55 4.870±0.157	0.05
CHL	13.44	15.92 14.452±0.152	13.12 16.78 15.303±0.373	13.13	15.02 13.976±0.253	0.05
ML	4.52	5.48 5.073±0.056	4.50 5.47 4.997±0.109	4.00	4.72 4.211±0.112	0.05
MFL	9.70	11.36 10.441±0.097	10.83 12.22 11.413±0.144	9.74	11.55 10.573±0.236	0.05
Mt(I)L	5.00	6.00 5.490±0.070	5.28 6.48 5.618±0.122	4.35	5.87 5.141±0.216	n.s.
Mt(I)H	4.25	5.21 4.660±0.064	4.23 5.12 4.858±0.096	3.85	5.09 4.331±0.183	0.05
Mt(I)W	5.08	6.50 5.718±0.085	5.50 6.44 5.992±0.104	4.62	6.27 5.388±0.227	0.05
Mt(II)L	5.69	7.26 6.383±0.086	6.19 7.38 6.594±0.128	4.95	6.64 5.926±0.243	0.05
Mt(II)H	3.94	5.08 4.485±0.072	4.23 4.91 4.612±0.081	3.54	5.00 4.100±0.196	0.05
Mt(II)W	4.67	5.90 5.229±0.075	4.90 5.67 5.355±0.087	4.09	5.30 4.631±0.171	0.05
Mt(III)L	6.07	7.18 6.668±0.075	6.43 7.71 6.926±0.131	5.29	6.78 6.068±0.230	0.05
Mt(III)H	3.92	4.86 4.388±0.061	4.20 4.92 4.524±0.079	3.48	4.77 3.976±0.174	0.05
Mt(III)W	4.30	5.58 4.819±0.075	4.34 5.21 4.887±0.088	3.74	4.78 4.143±0.148	0.05
Mt(IV)L	7.26	8.80 7.871±0.095	7.89 8.88 8.252±0.105	6.48	7.74 7.176±0.197	0.05
Mt(IV)H	3.56	4.88 4.105±0.077	3.70 4.52 4.085±0.086	3.14	4.12 3.460±0.139	0.05
Mt(IV)W	4.06	5.12 4.513±0.062	4.20 4.88 4.586±0.070	3.67	4.68 3.996±0.145	0.05
Mt(V)L	7.00	10.30 9.307±0.155	9.24 10.83 9.876±0.155	7.89	9.37 8.708±0.208	0.05
Mt(V)H	3.00	3.60 3.307±0.035	3.11 3.75 3.491±0.069	2.81	3.48 3.101±0.100	0.05
Mt(V)W	4.31	5.68 5.110±0.075	4.88 5.71 5.228±0.108	4.09	5.20 4.465±0.157	0.05
TlL	7.34	9.00 8.242±0.082	8.00 9.14 8.606±0.139	6.70	7.64 7.171±0.131	0.05
TlW	3.53	4.35 3.928±0.050	4.14 4.75 4.393±0.063	3.15	4.08 3.493±0.126	0.05
TlH	3.31	4.00 3.659±0.041	3.82 4.41 4.118±0.072	3.00	3.64 3.261±0.096	0.05