Mesobuthus iranus (Birula, 1917)

Kovařík, František, Fet, Victor, Gantenbein, Benjamin, Graham, Matthew R., Aydin, Ersen, Yağmur, Šťáhlavský, František, Nikita, Poverennyi & Novruzov, Nizami E., 2022, A revision of the genus Mesobuthus Vachon 1950 with a description of 14 new species (Scorpiones Buthidae), Euscorpius 348, pp. 1-189 : 63

Mesobuthus iranus (Birula, 1917) , stat. n.

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Buthus eupeus iranus Birula, 1917a: 40 .

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran, Esfahan

Figures

Figures 405–408: Mesobuthus iranus. Figures 405–406. Male lectotype, dorsal (405) and ventral (406) views. Figures 407–408. Female paralectotype, dorsal (407) and ventral (408) views. The labels (ZISP 330) say, in Russian and Latin, from top to bottom: (1) “Buthus eupeus C.K[och], ssp. iranus nov.”; (2) “Buthus eupeus iranus Bir. Persia, Iraq-Ajemi, 1904, N. Zarudny”; (3) “Buthus eupeus iranus Bir. spec[imina] typ[ica] ♀ad +♂ad. Det.: A. Birula. Coll.: Persia, prov[ince] Iraq-Ajemi, Karavan-sarai Gebrabad, 27.IV.1904, N. Zarudny”; (4) “27.IV.1904, Iraq-Ajemi, Gebrabad”. Labels 3 and 4 are written in A. Birula’s hand. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 409–414: Mesobuthus iranus. Figures 409–411. Male lectotype, metasoma and telson, lateral (409), dorsal (410), and ventral (411) views. Figures 412–414. Female paralectotype, metasoma and telson, lateral (412), dorsal (413), and ventral (414) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 415–431: Mesobuthus iranus. Figures 415, 417, 419–420, 423–431. Male lectotype, chelicerae, carapace and tergites I–III, (415), sternopectinal region and sternites III–V (417), and left legs III–IV, retrolateral aspect (419–420). Pedipalp chela, dorsal (423), external (424), and ventral (425) views. Patella, dorsal (426), external (427) and ventral (428) views. Femur and trochanter, dorsal (429) and ventral (430) views. Movable finger (431).The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 423–427, 429. Figures 416, 418, 421–422. Female paralectotype, chelicerae, carapace and tergites I–III (416), sternopectinal region and sternite III (416). Pedipalp chela, dorsal (421) and external (422).