Orthochirus afghanus, Kovařík & 1996, 2004

Kovařík, Baloorthochirus becvari & 1996, 2004, Revision and taxonomic position of genera Afghanorthochirus Lourenço & Vachon, Baloorthochirus Kova ík, Butheolus Simon, Nanobuthus Pocock, Orthochiroides Kova ík, Pakistanorthochirus Lourenço, and Asian Orthochirus Karsch, with descriptions of twelve new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae), Euscorpius 16, pp. 1-33 : 26

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scientific name	Orthochirus afghanus
status	sp. nov.

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Orthochirus afghanus View in CoL sp. n. 11110001 x – – – – – – – – Orthochirus bicolor (Pocock, 1897) 11110111? x – – – – – –? Orthochirus feti sp. n. 01010001 – – – – – – – x – Orthochirus flavescens (Pocock,1897) 12110111? x – – – – – –?

Orthochirus fuscipes (Pocock,1900) View in CoL 11110021 – – x – – – – – x Orthochirus gromovi View in CoL sp. n. 01010001 – – – – – – x – – Orthochirus heratensis View in CoL sp. n. 01010001 x – – – – – – – – Orthochirus iranus View in CoL sp. n. 12112011 – – x – – – – – – Orthochirus iraqus View in CoL sp. n. 11110001 – – – x – – – – – Orthochirus jalalabadensis View in CoL sp. n. 11111002 x – – – – – – – – Orthochirus pallidus (Pocock,1897) View in CoL 1?101000 x x – – – – – – x Orthochirus samrchelsis View in CoL sp. n. 10110001 x – – – – – – – – Orthochirus scrobiculosus ( Grube,1873) View in CoL 01110001 x? x? x x x x?

Orthochirus sobotniki sp. n. 10110001 – – x – – – – – – Orthochirus varius View in CoL sp. n. 12110000 – – x – – – – – – Orthochirus zagrosensis View in CoL sp. n. 11110001 – – x – – – – – –

from Iran, which has 21–23 pectinal teeth and movable fingers with 8 rows of granules.

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Orthochirus bicolor (Pocock, 1897)

Orthochirus flavescens (Pocock, 1897)

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERS. O. bicolor is easily separated from O. flavescens and all other species of the genus by having the first three metasomal segments yellow and the fourth and fifth segments black.

12112011

Orthochirus fuscipes (Pocock, 1900)

Orthochirus iranus sp. n.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERS. O. iranus sp. n. is easily separated from O. fuscipes by having the femur and patella of pedipalp black (the chela of pedipalp is yellow). In O. fuscipes the chela and patella are yellow, and only the femur of pedipalp may be black in darkercolored specimens.

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Orthochirus afghanus sp. n.