Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004

Kovařík, František, Yağmur, Ersen Aydin, Fet, Victor & Hussen, Fenik Sherzad, 2019, A review of Orthochirus from Turkey, Iraq, and Iran (Khoozestan, Ilam, and Lorestan Provinces), with descriptions of three new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae), Euscorpius 278, pp. 1-31 : 26

Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004

( Figs. 162, 169, 174–176)

Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004: 22 ; Kovařík & Fet, 2006: 8, figs. 7–8; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 20; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 7; Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 10, figs. 2–3, 5, 8, 10, 36–39; Navidpour et al., 2011: 17, figs. 14, 49–52; Navidpour et al., 2012: 17.

Orthochirus farzanpayi : Navidpour et al., 2008a: 14–15, figs. 31, 93–94 (in part, specimens from Khoozestan Province).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran, Fars Province, Dasht-e-Arzhan , 29°34'N 51°56'E, 2000 m. a.s.l .; FKCP.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Fars Province, Dasht-e-Arzhan , 29°34'N 51°56'E, 2000 m. a.s.l., 21–22.IV.2000, leg. J. Šobotník, 1♂ (holotype), FKCP .

OTHER MATERIAL FROM THE REGION ( FIG. 176) EXAMINED. Iran, Khoozestan Province , Shushtar District, Arab Hasan village (Locality No. SH-100), VII.2007, leg. Masihipour & Hayader, 1♂, FKCP .

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS. Total length of adults 26–46 mm. Trichobothrium d 2 at pedipalp femur dorsal surface absent or reduced. Strong median tibial spurs present on third and fourth legs. Pectinal teeth number 18–22 in both sexes. Movable and fixed fingers of pedipalps with 7–9 rows of denticles, with internal and external denticles and 2–4 subterminal denticles. Dorsal carinae on pedipalp patella smooth and reduced. Metasoma I with 10 carinae, metasoma II with 8 carinae. Metasoma ventrally punctate with ventrolateral carinae present on metasoma I–II and partly on metasoma III and V; spaces among punctae smooth, without granules. Whole metasoma smooth without granules, punctate and bumpy, including metasoma V dorsal. Sternite VII granulate, with granulate carinae developed. Pedipalp, metasoma and telson very sparsely hirsute, rather glabrous. Tarsomere I of legs with bristlecombs composed of 4–6 bristles. Ratio length/width of metasoma V in males 1.27–1.30.

DISTRIBUTION. Iran (Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari, Esfahan, Fars, Kerman, Kohkiloyeh & Boyer Ahmad, and Yazd Provinces) .