Razianus zarudnyi ( Birula, 1903 )

Pirali-Kheirabadi, Khodadad, Navidpour, Shahrokh, Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Soleglad, Michael E., 2009, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part V. Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari Province, Euscorpius 78 (78), pp. 1-23 : 10

Razianus zarudnyi ( Birula, 1903)

Figures 2 , 11 , 40–43

Hemibuthus zarudnyi Birula , 190 3: 75; Vachon, 1966: 211.

Razianus zarudnyi : Farzanpay, 1987: 159; Farzanpay, 1988: 41; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 216; Akbari, 2007: 76; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 20; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 17; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 14; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 11.

= Buthus zarudnianus Birula, 1905a: 144 ; Birula, 1905b: 450; Kraepelin, 1913: 127; Vachon, 1966: 211; Habibi, 1971: 43 (syn. by Fet, 1997: 66).

= Neohemibuthus kinzelbachi Lourenço, 1996: 94 ; Kovařík, 1997a: 49 (syn. by Fet, 1997: 66).

Neohemibuthus zarudnyi : Fet, 1997: 65; Kovařík, 1998: 115.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. “Persia, Kalagan Prov., Beludjistan, and Geh Prov., Makran“, now Sistan & Baluchistan Prov. , Iran (Fet, 1977) ; ZISP.

CHAHAR MAHAL & BAKHTIYARI PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Lordegan , Shahidane Baraftab Village, 30°56'05"N 51°21'32"E (Locality No. SH-2), V.2008, 2♂, RRLS, leg. Pirali & Khosravi ; Lordegan , Giloreh and Sini Villages, 31°32'02"N 51°02'38"E, 1856 m a.s.l. (Locality No. SH-12-13), XII.2007, 2♀ 1juv., RRLS, leg. Pirali.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Bushehr Province ( Akbari, 2007: 76), Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari Province ( Fet, 1997: 67), Fars Province ( Fet, 1997: 68), Ilam Province ( Akbari, 2007: 76), Khoozestan Province (Lourenço, 1996: 94; Fet, 1997: 67-68), Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad (Navidpour et al., 2008d: 11), and Sistan & Baluchistan Province ( Fet, 1997: 66).

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Figure 11: Map of Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari Province showing distribution of Razianus zarudnyi, Scorpio maurus townsendi, and Hemiscorpius lepturus collected in this study.

Figures 2–3: Iran, Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari Province. 2. Lordegan, Shahidane Baraftab Village, 30°56'05"N 51°21'32"E (Locality No. SH-2). Recorded occurrence of Hottentotta zagrosensis Kovařík, 1997, Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004, and Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903). 3. Lordegan, Aloni Village, 31°32'18"N 51°04'03"E, 1883 m a.s.l. (Locality No. SH-3). Recorded occurrence of Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807), Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004, and Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861.