Mesobuthus afghanus (Pocock, 1889)

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 : 5

Mesobuthus afghanus (Pocock, 1889)

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Buthus afghanus Pocock, 1889: 116–117 , pl. XIII, fig. 4.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran, Razavi Khorasan

Figures

Figures 6–8: Mesobuthus afghanus, female lectotype. Figures 6–7. Dorsal (6) and ventral (7) views. Figure 8. Metasoma V and telson ventral view. Scale bar: 10 mm (6–7).

Figures 9–12: Mesobuthus afghanus, Iran, Razavi Khorasan Province, Bazangan, 20 km of Mozduran, NMPC. Figures 9–10. Male, dorsal (9) and ventral (10) views. Figures 11–12. Female, dorsal (11) and ventral (12) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 13–20: Mesobuthus afghanus, Iran, Razavi Khorasan Province, Bazangan, 20 km of Mozduran, NMPC. Figures 13, 15–17. Male, telson lateral (13), metasoma and telson, lateral (15), dorsal (16), and ventral (17) views. Figures 14, 18–20. Female, telson lateral (14), metasoma and telson, lateral (18), dorsal (18), and ventral (20) views. Scale bar: 10 mm (13–20).

Figures 21–42: Mesobuthus afghanus, Iran, Razavi Khorasan Province, Bazangan, 20 km of Mozduran, NMPC, pedipalps. Figures 21–31. Male, chela, dorsal (21), external (22), and ventral (23) views. Patella, dorsal (24), external (25) and ventral (26) views. Femur and trochanter, internal (27), dorsal (28), and ventral (29) views. Movable (30) and fixed (31) fingers. Figures 32–42. Female, chela, dorsal (32), external (33), and ventral (34) views. Patella, dorsal (35), external (36) and ventral (37) views. Femur and trochanter, internal (38), dorsal (39), and ventral (40) views. Movable (41) and fixed (42) fingers. The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 21–25, 27–28.

Figures 43–50: Mesobuthus afghanus, Iran, Razavi Khorasan Province, Bazangan, 20 km of Mozduran, NMPC. Figures 43, 45, 47–50. Male, chelicerae, carapace and tergites I–IV (43), sternopectinal region and sternites (45), left legs I–IV, retrolateral aspect (47–50). Figures 44, 46. Female, chelicerae, carapace and tergites I–IV (44) and sternopectinal region and sternites (46).