Baloorthochirus Kovařík, 1996

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 : 2

Baloorthochirus Kovařík, 1996

Baloorthochirus Kovařík, 1996: 177 ; Kovařík, 1998: 117; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 80.

= Pakistanorthochirus Lourenço, 1997: 154 TS : Pakistanorthochirus weitschati Lourenço, 1997 = Baloorthochirus becvari Kovařík, 1996 syn. n.; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 199; Lourenço, 2001: 176. Syn. n.

Pakistanoorthochirus [sic]: Kovařík, 1998: 117.

TYPE SPECIES. Baloorthochirus becvari Kovařík, 1996

DIAGNOSIS: Patella of pedipalp without ventral trichobothria. Dorsal trichobothria of femur arranged in beta-configuration. Trichobothrium d 2 of pedipalp femur absent on dorsal surface. Tibial spurs present on third and fourth legs. Pectines with fulcra. Movable fingers of pedipalps with 8 or 9 rows of granules. Carapace, in lateral view, distinctly inclined downward from median eyes to anterior margin. Tarsomere I of first to third legs with bristlecombs. First to fourth metasomal segments with carinae. Fourth and fifth metasomal segments ventrally granulate, fifth metasomal segment may be partly punctate and granulated less conspicuously. Telson elongated, aculeus as long or longer than vesicle. Total length under 30 mm. Color uniformly yellow.