Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903)

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 : 11

Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903)

Figures 3 , 9 , 13 , 47–50

Hemibuthus zarudnyi Birula, 1903: 75 ; Roewer, 1943: 216; 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.

= Buthus zarudnianus Birula, 1905 a: 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 Province, Beludjistan, and Geh Province, Makran“, now Sistan & Baluchistan Province , Iran (Fet, 1977) ; ZISP.

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, 3♂ 4♀ RRLS , 2♂ FKCP, leg. Navidpour, Ghafarnia & Bahrani ; Cheram , 30º44'23"N 50º44'35"E, 747 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-8), IIΙ.2008, 2♀ RRLS, leg. Ghafarnia, Bahrani & Habibzadeh.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, known from provinces Bushehr (Akbari, 2007: 76), Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari ( Fet, 1997: 67), Fars ( Fet, 1997: 68), Ilam (Akbari, 2007: 76), Khoozestan (Lourenço, 1996: 94; Fet, 1997: 67–68), Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad (first report), and Sistan & Baluchistan ( Fet, 1997: 66).

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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 8–9: Iran, Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Prov. 8. Basht road, Dehno Village, 30º17'41"N 51º25'08"E, 826 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-5). Locality where Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889) was documented. 9. Cheram, 30º44'23"N 50º44'35"E, 747 m a.s.l. (Locality No.Y-8). Locality where Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807), Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905), Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889), Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903), and Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 were documented.