Orthochirus Karsch 1892
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Orthochirus Karsch, 1892: 306; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 193–200 (complete references list); Kovařík, 2004: 4–23, figs. 1–8, table 1; Fet et al., 2003: 69–72, figs. 1–5; Kovařík & Fet, 2006: 1–10, figs. 1–9; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 14–22, figs. 19, 23–30, 93–102; Kovařík, 2009: 31.
= Orthodactylus Karsch, 1881: 90, a junior homonym of Orthodactylus Hitchcock, 1858 (Reptilia), type species: Orthodactylus olivaceus Karsch, 1881 = Orthochirus scrobiculosus (Grube, 1873) (syn. by Kraepelin, 1895: 84).
= Simonoides Vachon et Farzanpay in Farzanpay, 1987: 162, type species: Simonoides farzanpayi Vachon et Farzanpay, 1987; Farzanpay, 1988: 40; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 223 (syn. by Kovařík & Fet, 2006: 2).
= Afghanorthochirus Lourenço & Vachon, 1997: 330, type species: Afghanoorthochirus erardi Lourenço & Vachon, 1997; Kovařík, 1998: 120 (syn. by Kovařík, 2004: 5).
= Paraorthochirus Lourenco & Vachon, 1995: 299, type species: Paraorthochirus stockwelli Lourenço et Vachon, 1995; Lourenco & Vachon, 1997: 329, Fet & Lowe, 2000: 211 (syn. by Navidpour et al., 2008a: 17).
Pseudorthochirus [sic]: Lourenco & Vachon, 1995: 304.
TYPE SPECIES: Orthodactylus olivaceus Karsch, 1881 = Orthochirus scrobiculosus (Grube, 1873).
DIAGNOSIS: Total length of adults 22–50 mm. Patella of pedipalp without ventral trichobothria. Dorsal trichobothria of femur arranged in beta-configuration. Trichobothrium d 2 of pedipalp femur absent or present on dorsal surface. Chelicerae with typical buthid dentition (Vachon, 1963), ventral aspect of fixed finger with two denticles. Tibial spurs present on legs III and IV. Pectines with fulcra and densely hirsute. Movable fingers of pedipalps with 7–10 rows of denticles and 2–5 subterminal denticles. Carapace in lateral view distinctly inclined downward from median eyes to anterior margin. Metasomal segments I and II with carinae. Metasomal segments IV and V ventrally punctated. Telson elongate, aculeus as long or longer than vesicle. Total length under 60 mm.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Karsch
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Scorpiones
- Family
- Buthidae
- Genus
- Orthochirus
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- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Orthochirus Karsch, 1892 sec. Kovařík, Yağmur, Fet & Hussen, 2019
References
- KARSCH, F. 1892. Arachniden von Ceylon und von Minikoy, gesammelt von den Herren Doctoren P. und F. Sarasin. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 36 (1891): 267 - 310.
- FET, V. & G. LOWE. 2000. Family Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837. Pp. 54 - 286 in Fet, V., Sissom, W. D., G. Lowe & M. E. Braunwalder. 2000. Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758 - 1998). The New York Entomological Society, New York, 689 pp.
- KOVARIK, F. 2004. Revision and taxonomic position of genera Afghanorthochirus Lourenco & Vachon, Baloorthochirus Kovarik, Butheolus Simon, Nanobuthus Pocock, Orthochiroides Kovarik, Pakistanorthochirus Lourenco, and Asian Orthochirus Karsch, with descriptions of twelve new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius, 16: 1 - 33.
- FET, E. V., D. NEFF, M. R. GRAHAM & V. FET. 2003. Metasoma of Orthochirus (Scorpiones: Buthidae): are scorpions evolving a new sensory organ? Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, 8: 69 - 72.
- KOVARIK, F. & V. FET. 2006. Taxonomic position of the genus Simonoides Vachon et Farzanpay, 1987, and description of a new species of Orthochirus Karsch from Iran (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius, 38: 1 - 10.
- NAVIDPOUR, S., F. KOVARIK, M. E. SOLEGLAD & V. FET. 2008 a. Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part I. Khoozestan Province. Euscorpius, 65: 1 - 41.
- KOVARIK, F. 2009. Illustrated catalog of scorpions. Part I. Introductory remarks; keys to families and genera; subfamily Scorpioninae with keys to Heterometrus and Pandinus species. Clairon Production, Prague, 170 pp.
- KARSCH, F. 1881. Uebersicht der europaischen Skorpione. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 25: 89 - 91.
- KRAEPELIN, K. 1895. Nachtrag zu Theil I der Revision der Skorpione. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten, 12 (1894): 73 - 96.
- FARZANPAY, R. 1987 (1366). [Knowing Scorpions]. Teheran: Central University Publications, No. 312, Biology 4, 231 pp. (in Farsi, with Latin index).
- FARZANPAY, R. 1988. A catalogue of the scorpions occurring in Iran, up to january 1986. Revue Arachnologique, 8 (2): 33 - 44.
- LOURENCO, W. R. & M. VACHON. 1997. Un nouveau genre et quatre nouvelles especes de scorpions (Buthidae) du Moyen-Orient. Zoosystema, 19 (2 - 3): 327 - 336.
- KOVARIK, F. 1998. Stiri [Scorpiones]. Publishing House " Madagaskar ", Jihlava (Czech Republic). 175 pp. (in Czech).
- LOURENCO, W. R. & M. VACHON. 1995. Un nouveau genre et deux nouvelles especes de scorpions Buthidae d'Iran. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, 17: 297 - 305.
- VACHON, M. 1963. De l'utilite, en systematique, d'une nomenclature des dents de cheliceres chez les Scorpions. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, (2), 35 (2): 161 - 166.