Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Nayebzadeh ², Hassan H., Soleglad, Michael E., Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Kayedi, Mohammad Hassan, 2010, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part VI. Lorestan Province, Euscorpius 99 (99), pp. 1-23 : 17-18

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Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861
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Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 View in CoL

Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861a: 426 View in CoL , 8 figs.; Karsch, 1879: 15, 21; Birula, 1905a: 146; Birula, 1917: 215; Birula, 1918: 42, fig. 7; Weidner, 1959: 100; Pringle, 1960: 84, fig. 9; Khalaf, 1962: 2; Khalaf, 1963: 68; Vachon, 1966: 214; Habibi, 1971: 44; Farzanpay & Pretzmann, 1974: 217; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 36; Vachon, 1977: 213; Vachon, 1979: 59; Farzanpay, 19 87: 141, 168; Farzanpay, 1988: 42; Simard & Watt, 1990: 441; Sissom, 1990: 75; El-Hennawy, 1992: 135; Kovařík, 1997a: 48; Kovařík, 1998: 136; Fet, 2000: 429; Prendini, 2000: 44; Capes & Fet, 2001: 303; Monod & Lourenço, 2005: 902, figs. 1a–b, 16– 21, 27e –f, 36; Akbari, 2007: 76, fig. p. 68; Navidpour et al., 2008a, figs. 20–21, 43, 107–110: 26; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 20 View Cited Treatment , figs. 2, 5, 7, 24, 78–81; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 15 View Cited Treatment , figs. 4, 12, 67-70; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 14 View Cited Treatment , figs. 3, 6–7, 9, 14, 56–59; Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 12, figs. 3, 11, 49–52; Lowe, 2010: 22.

Hemiscorpion lepturus : Peters, 1861b: 511; Ausserer, 1880: 466; Kraepelin, 1899: 142; Werner, 1934: 276; Moritz & Fischer, 1980: 317; Kovařík, 2002: 14.

Hemiscorpio lepturus : Simon, 1880b: 29.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iraq, “Mendeli bei Baghdad ” ( Mendeli near Baghdad); ZMHB .

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iraq, Mendeli bei Baghdad, 2♂ 2♀ (syntypes), leg. Petermann, ZMHB 43a–d .

LORESTAN PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Lorestan Province , Zagros Mts. , 30 km W of Khorram Abad (Koramabad), near Gholaman Village, ca 1000 m a.s.l., 6.-7 May 1996, 1♂ 1 ♀, leg. D. Král ( FKCP) ; Poldokhtar , Valiyeasr Village, 33°05'22"N 47°42'39"E, 735 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1356), October 2009, 2♂, 1♂ 1 ♀ ( FKCP), leg. M. H. Kayedi, H. Nayebzadeh & D. Bahreei GoogleMaps ; Koohdasht , Darbe Gonbad Village, 33°41'45"N 47°09'11"E, 1310 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1361), October 2009, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. A. Pahlavani, A. Bahreei & M. Bahreei GoogleMaps ; Koramabad , Haftcheshmeh Village, 33°48'39"N 47°46'03"E, 1398 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1362), October 2009, 3♂ 2♀ ( RRLS), leg. A. Pahlavani, A. Bahreei, M. Bahreei & R. Amraee GoogleMaps ; Sepiddasht , Dareashkaft Village, 33°13'46"N 48°49'18"E, 1144 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1364), October 2009, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. A. Bahreei, M. Bahreei & R. Amraee GoogleMaps ; Aleshtar , Shineh Village, 33°47'37"N 47°55'47"E, 1355 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1367), October 2009, 4♂ 1 ♀ ( RRLS), leg. A. Bahreei, M. Bahreei & R. Amraee GoogleMaps ; Koramabad , Sarabe Doreh, 33°34'17"N 48°01'00"E, 1333 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1392), October 2009, 2♂ ( RRLS), leg. M. H. Kayedi, H. Nayebzadeh, D. Bahreei & R. Amraee GoogleMaps ; Leshtar , Dareh Kakareza Village, 33°43'41"N 48°15'33"E, 2100 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1399), October 2009, 2♀ ( RRLS), leg. Bahreei & A. Pahlavani GoogleMaps ; Koramabad , Papi Khaldare Sofla Village, 33°32'24"N 48°19'11"E, 1292 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1400), October 2009, ♂ ( RRLS), leg. R. Amraee, A. Bahreei & M. Bahreei GoogleMaps ;

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Fars, Hormozgan, Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad, Lorestan Provinces (Kovařík, 1997a: 48), Bushehr, Ilam, Khoozestan Province (Farzanpay, 1987: 141; Monod & Lourenço, 2005: 902; Akbari, 2007: 76), and Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari Province (Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 12); Iraq ( Peters, 1861a: 426).

Key to the scorpions of Lorestan Province

1. Pedipalp patella without ventral trichobothria............. ................................................ Buthidae View in CoL ...................... 3 - Pedipalp patella with ventral trichobothria ................. 2

2. Lateroapical margins of leg tarsi shaped into rounded lobes. .......... Scorpio maurus townsendi ( Pocock, 1900) - Lateroapical margins of leg tarsi straight .............. ................................ Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 View in CoL

3. Carapace in lateral view distinctly inclined downward from median eyes to anterior margin. Total length less than 50 mm. ............. Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004 View in CoL - Carapace in lateral view with entire dorsal surface horizontal or nearly so (possibly with a slight anterior decline) .......................................................................... 4

4. Cheliceral fixed finger with a single ventral denticle ................................... Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903) View in CoL - Cheliceral fixed finger with two ventral denticles ...... 5

5. Dentate margin of pedipalp chela movable finger with 4 terminal granules (3 terminal and one basal terminal). ...................... Androctonus crassicauda ( Olivier, 1807) View in CoL - Dentate margin of pedipalp chela movable finger with 5–7 terminal granules (4–6 terminal and one basal terminal)......................................................................... 6

6. Central median and posterior median carinae of carapace joined to form a continuous linear series of granules to posterior margin ......................................... .................... Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) View in CoL - Central median and posterior median carinae of carapace not joined to form a continuous linear series of granules to posterior margin .......................................... 7

7. Trichobothrium db on fixed finger of pedipalp chela located usually between est and dt. Trichobothrium db may be on level with trichobothrium est or rarely between est and esb. Carinae of carapace not forming a lyre-shaped configuration. Ventrolateral carinae on the fifth metasomal segment with all granules more or less equal in size. .......... Hottentotta View in CoL ................................... 8 - Trichobothrium db on fixed finger of pedipalp chela always located between est and esb. Carinae of carapace forming a lyre-shaped configuration. Ventrolateral carinae on the fifth metasomal segment with irregular granules. ......... Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii ( Pocock, 1889)

8. Pedipalps are black ( Fig. 18 View Figures 15–18 ) ............................... ........................... Hottentotta zagrosensis Kovařík, 1997 View in CoL - Pedipalps are yellow ( Fig. 6 View Figures 6–13 ). ..................................... 9

9. Metasoma and mesosoma yellow to reddish brown; only anterior part of carapace, fifth metasomal segment and telson may be black ( Fig. 15 View Figures 15–18 ). ............................ ................................... Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880) View in CoL - Metasoma and mesosoma entirely blackish green ( Fig. 6 View Figures 6–13 ). ............................. Hottentotta lorestanus Navidpour, Nayebzadeh, Soleglad, Fet, Kovařík et Kayedi View in CoL , sp. n.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Hemiscorpiidae

Genus

Hemiscorpius

Loc

Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Nayebzadeh ², Hassan H., Soleglad, Michael E., Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Kayedi, Mohammad Hassan 2010
2010
Loc

Hemiscorpio lepturus

SIMON 1880: 29
1880
Loc

Hemiscorpius lepturus

LOWE 2010: 22
NAVIDPOUR 2008: 20
NAVIDPOUR 2008: 15
NAVIDPOUR 2008: 14
MONOD 2005: 902
PRENDINI 2000: 44
SISSOM 1990: 75
PRINGLE 1960: 84
PETERS 1861: 426
1861
Loc

Hemiscorpion lepturus

KRAEPELIN 1899: 142
PETERS 1861: 511
1861
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