Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Ezatkhah, Majeed, Kovařík, František, Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2011, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part VII. Kerman Province, Euscorpius 131 (131), pp. 1-32 : 19-22

Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

( Figs. 7 , 16 , 65–68)

Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861a: 426 , 8 figs.; Karsch, 1879: 15, 21; Birula, 1905: 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, 1987: 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, figs. 2, 5, 7, 24, 78–81; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 15, figs. 4, 12, 67-70; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 14, figs. 3, 6–7, 9, 14, 56–59; Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 12, figs. 3, 11, 49–52; Navidpour et al., 2010: 17.

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

Hemiscorpio lepturus : Simon, 1880: 29.

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

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

KERMAN PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED [2 localities]. Iran, Kerman Province , Deh Bakri, 7.IV.2000, 29°05.370'N 57°55.539'E (29.0895, 57.9257), 1957 m a.s.l., 3♀ 3juvs. ( FKCP), leg. J. Šobotník; Baft, Rabar ,

Nanuk vil., 29°19'51"N 56°50'21"E (29.3308, 56.8392), 2873 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-91), VI.2009, 2♂ 3♀ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi.

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), Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari Province (Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 12), and Kerman (first report); Iraq ( Peters, 1861a: 426).

Key of scorpions of Kerman Province

1. Pedipalp patella without ventral trichobothria .......... ........................... Buthidae ............................................ 2 - Pedipalp patella with ventral trichobothria ................... ................................ Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

2. Carapace in lateral view distinctly inclined downward from median eyes to anterior margin. Total length less than 50 mm. ................................................................... 3 - Carapace in lateral view with entire dorsal surface horizontal or nearly so (possibly with a slight anterior decline) .......................................................................... 5

3. Entire metasoma and telson hirsute. ........................ ...................... Orthochirus gruberi Kovařík et Fet, 2006 – Entire metasoma and telson glabrous (short, thin setae may originate from some punctae). ............................... 4

4. Tarsi of first to third legs without bristlecombs. .......... .... Orthochirus farzanpayi (Vachon et Farzanpay, 1987) – Tarsi of first to third legs with bristlecombs. ... .......................... Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004

5. Trichobothrium eb located in distal part of manus of chela rather than on fixed finger ................................. ................................. Kraepelinia palpator (Birula, 1903) - Trichobothrium eb located on fixed finger of chela. .. 6

6. Ventral carinae of second and third metasomal segments and ventral transverse carina of fourth segment armed with very strong teeth ................................... ............................. Odontobuthus doriae ( Thorell, 1876) - Ventral carinae of metasomal segments without very strong teeth .................................................................... 7

7. Dentate margin of pedipalp chela movable finger with 4 terminal granules (3 terminal and one basal terminal) ........................................................................................ 8 - Dentate margin of pedipalp chela movable finger with 5-7 terminal granules (4-6 terminal and one basal terminal) ...................................................................... 10 8. Carinae of tergites project beyond posterior margin as distinct spiniform processes ............................................. ............................... Sassanidotus gracilis (Birula, 1900) - Carinae of tergites do not project beyond posterior margin as distinct spiniform processes .......................... 9

9. Total adult length less than 50 mm. ................. .................. Polisius persicus Fet, Capes et Sissom, 2001 - Total adult length more than 50 mm. ........... ...................... Androctonus crassicauda ( Olivier, 1807)

10. Central median and posterior median carinae of carapace joined to form a continuous linear series of granules to posterior margin ........................................ 11 - Central median and posterior median carinae of carapace not joined to form a continuous linear series of granules to posterior margin ........................................ 12

11. Rows of granules on movable finger without external granules. Male has longer metasoma than female ………........ Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) - Rows of granules on movable finger with external, often very small granules. Length of metasoma the same in both sexes. ...... Compsobuthus kaftani Kovařík, 2003

12. First metasomal segment of male equidimensional or longer than wide. Metasoma narrow in both sexes ........................ Mesobuthus macmahoni ( Pocock, 1900) - First metasomal segment of male usually wider than long or as long as wide. Metasoma of male usually wider than in female and usually also concave ................ ................. Mesobuthus eupeus persicus ( Pocock, 1899)

Figures

Figure 16: Map of Kerman Province showing distribution of Sassanidotus gracilis (Birula, 1900) and Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861collected in this study.

Figure 6–7: Iran, Kerman Province. 6 (top). Ravar-Mashhad road, 31°21'44"N 56°50'08"E, 1100 m a.s.l.(Locality No. KE-84). Recorded occurrence of Kraepelinia palpator (Birula, 1903), Mesobuthus eupeus persicus (Pocock, 1899), and Mesobuthus macmahoni (Pocock, 1900). 7 (bottom). Baft, Rabar, Nanuk vil., 29°19'51"N 56°50'21"E, 2873 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-91). Recorded occurrence of Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861.