Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Kovařík, František, Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2008, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part IV. Kohgilouyeh & amp; Boyer Ahmad Province, Euscorpius 2008 (74), pp. 1-24 : 7

Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004

Figures 3 , 10 , 13 , 39–42

Orthochirus sp. n.?: Kovařík, 1997a: 47 (in part).

Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004: 13 ; Kovařík & Fet, 2006: 8; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 15; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 17; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 11.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran, Bushehr Province, cca 17 km NW. Bandar-e Gonárer , 29°38' 32"N 50°26'56"E, 10 m a.s.l. ; FKCP.

KOHGILOUYEH & BOYER AHMAD PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province , Yasuj, Deelaroo Village, 30º33'44"N 50º44' 44"E, 820 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-2), ΙII.2008, 1♂ RRLS , 1♀ FKCP, leg. Navidpour, Ghafarnia & Bahrani.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, known from provinces Bushehr and Khoozestan ( Kovařík, 2004: 13), Lorestan and Hamadan (Navidpour et al., 2008a: 20), Ilam (Navidpour et al., 2008c: 11), and Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad (first report) .

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Figure 13: Map of Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province showing distribution of Orthochirus iranus, O. zagrosensis, and Razianus zarudnyi collected in this study.

Figures 2–3: Iran, Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Prov. 2. Behbahan to Gachsaran (Dogonbadan) road, 30º28'36"N 50º30'05", 498 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-1). Locality where Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889), Odontobuthus bidentatus Lourenço et Pézier, 2002 and Scorpio maurus townsendi (Pocock, 1900) were documented. 3. Yasuj, Deelaroo Village, 30º33'44"N 50º44'44"E, 820 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-2). Locality where Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905), Hottentotta zagrosensis Kovařík, 1997, Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889), Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004, Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903) and Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 were documented.

Figures 10–12: 10. Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004, metasoma dorsal, ♀ (38 mm), Iran, Khoozestan Province, Shadegan district, Toopjieh village, 30°39'33"N 48°36'44"E, 33 m a.s.l., FKCP. 11. Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004, metasoma dorsal, ♂(28 mm) holotype, Iran, Fars Prov, Dasht-E-Arzhan, 29°34.644'N 51°56.889'E, 2000 m a.s.l., FKCP. 12. Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004, metasoma dorsal, ♀(46 mm) allotype, Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Prov., Zagros Mts., Kuh-e- Dinar ridge, Yasuj 10 km N by road, 30°39'N, 51°36'E, 1800–2500 m a.s.l., FKCP.