Mesobuthus mesopotamicus (Penther, 1912)

Euscorpius & No., 2024, New records of Mesobuthus mesopotamicus (Penther, 1912) in Iraq and Mesobuthus faiki sp. n. from Turkey (Scorpiones: Buthidae), Euscorpius 388, pp. 1-22 : 3-4

Mesobuthus mesopotamicus (Penther, 1912)

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Buthus eupaeus (incorrect spelling) mesopotamicus Penther, 1912: 111–112 .

Buthus eupeus mesopotamicus : Birula, 1917: 39, 41, 228; Birula, 1918: 15–24, figs. 3–5.

Mesobuthus eupeus mesopotamicus : Vachon, 1959: 155; Fet, 1994: 527; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 173.

Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (in part; Iraq): KovařÍk et al., 2011: 5.

Mesobuthus mesopotamicus (in part; Iraq): KovařÍk et al., 2022: 92 , figs. 610–611, 614, 616–618, 622–631, 642– 643, 646–649.

Mesobuthus phillipsii : Morad & Al-Abbad, 2017: 50; KovařÍk, 2019: 17 (in part; Iraq); Hussen & Ahmed, 2020: 6717– 6718, figs. 1, 6; Kachel et al., 2021: 4.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE DEPOSITORY. Iraq, Mosul Province , Mosul, ♂ Lectotype designated by KovařÍk et al., 2022: 92; NHMW.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iraq, Al Muthanna Province, Samawah , 31°19'00''N 45°17'00''E, 16 m a. s. l., 21. IV.2021, 1♂ 1♀, leg. A. A. Al-Fanharawi ( AZMM /Sco-2021:41-42) ; Dhi Qar Province, Al-Nasr Town, Al-Caar Region, 31°29'27''N 45°54'55''E, 6 m a. s. l., 12.VIII.2017, 2♂ 1♀, leg. A. M. Al-Khazali ( AZMM /Sco-2017:9-11) ; Al-Shatrah District, Sayed Hamad Village , 31°27'17''N 46°13'04''E, 10 m, 19.VIII.2017, 1♀, leg. A. M. Al-Khazali ( AZMM /Sco-2017:12) ; Mosul Province, Nineveh, Sultan Abdullah Village , 35°55'40''N 43°25'02''E, 210 m a. s. l., 25.09.2023, 5♂ 5♀, leg. F. S. Hussen ( AZMM /Sco-2023:09-18).

Figures

Figures 1–4: Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province. Figures 1–2. Male, dorsal (1) and ventral (2) views. Figures 3–4. Female, dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 5–8: Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province. Figure 5–6. Carapace and mesosoma in dorsal view, male (5) and female (6). Figure 7–8. Sternopectinal area and sternites, male (7) and female (8).

Figures 9–12: Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province. Figure 9–10. Carapace, male (9) and female (10). Figure 11–12. Sternopectinal area, male (11) and female (12).

Figures 13–19. Mesobuthus mesopotamicus, male from Mosul Province, pedipalp segments. Chela ventral (13), external (14) and dorsal (15) views. Pedipalp ventral (16), dorsal (17). Fixed (18) and movable (19) fingers dentition. Trichobothrial pattern is indicated by red circles (13–17).

Figures 20–26. Mesobuthus mesopotamicus, female from Mosul Province, pedipalp segments. Chela ventral (20), external (21) and dorsal (22) views. Pedipalp ventral (23), dorsal (24). Fixed (25) and movable (26) fingers dentition.Trichobothrial pattern is indicated by red circles (20–24).

Figures 27–36: Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province, metasoma and telson. Figures 27–28: Ventral view, male (27) and female (28). Figures 29–30: Dorsal view, male (29) and female (30). Figures 31–32: Lateral view, male (31) and female (32). Figures 33–34: Lateral view of metasoma V and telson, male (33) and female (34). Figures 35–36: Dorsal view of metasoma V and telson, male (35) and female (36). Scale bar: 10 mm (27–32).

Figures 37. Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province, tibia, basitarsus and tarsus of right legs I–IV (Top row male, bottom row female).