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Orthochirus iranus Kovarik 2004

Description

Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004

Figures 2, 8, 10, 50–53

Orthochirus sp. n.?: Kovařík, 1997a: 47 (in part).

Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004: 13; Kovařík & Fet, 2006: 8; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 15; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 17.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran, Bushehr Province, cca 17 km NW. Bandar-e Gonárer, 29°38'32"N 50°26'56"E, 10 m a.s.l.; FKCP.

ILAM PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Ilam Prov., Dashte Abbas, Ein Saleh village, 32º25.24'N 47º43.86'E, 182 m a.s.l. (Locality No. IL-828), X.2007, 2♂ 2♀ FKCP, 11♂ 9♀ RRLS, leg. Navidpour, Masihipour & Bahrani; Dashte Abbas, Seyed Falhi village, 32º24.105'N 47º36.922'E, 115 m a.s.l. (Locality No. IL-829), II.2008, 13♀ 7♂ 2♀ ims. RRLS, leg. Navidpour, Bahrani & Hayader.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Bushehr and Khoozestan Provinces (Kovařík, 2004: 13), Lorestan and Hamadan Provinces (Navidpour et al., 2008a: 20), Ilam Province (first report).

Notes

Published as part of Navidpour, Shahrokh, Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Soleglad, Michael E., 2008, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part III. Ilam Province, pp. 1-29 in Euscorpius 69 (69) on page 11, DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2008.vol2008.iss69.1, http://zenodo.org/record/12782228

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
FKCP , RRLS
Scientific name authorship
Kovarik
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Scorpiones
Family
Buthidae
Genus
Orthochirus
Species
iranus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Orthochirus iranus Kovarik, 2004 sec. Navidpour, Fet, Kovařík & Soleglad, 2008

References

  • 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.
  • KOVARIK, F. 1997 a. Results of the Czech Biological Expedition to Iran. Part 2. Arachnida: Scorpiones with descriptions of Iranobuthus krali gen. n. et sp. n. and Hottentotta zagrosensis sp. n. (Buthidae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 61: 39 - 52.