Paranothrotes gotvendicus (I. Bolívar, 1912)

(Figs. 58, 363, 449, 455, 492–493, 841)

Nocarodes Gotvendicus sp. nov.: I. Bolívar 1912: 8, 29.

Nocarodes Gotvendicus Bolívar, 1912: I. Bolívar 1916: 25.

Nocaropsis gotvendicus (I. Bol.): Ramme 1951: 289.

Nocaropsis gotvendicus gotvendicus (I. Bol.): Otte 1994: 175.

Paranothrotes gotvendicus gotvendicus (I. Bol.): Mirzayans 1959: 16, partim; Mirzayans 1998: 18, partim. Paranothrotes gotvendicus (I. Bolívar, 1912): Hodjat 2012: 267; Presa & Garcia 1983: 25, partim.

Type locality. Iran: Khuzestan, Gotvand. Syntypes: male, female (MNCN).

Material examined. IRAN: Gotvend, 2♂, 1♀ (Syntypes) (leg. Escalera) (MNCN).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality (see Remarks) (Fig. 841).

Remarks. Almost all the specimens identified in the collections as P. gotvendicus especially after 1951, as well as records based on these materials in papers, are in fact P. opacus s.l. (see P. o. opacus and P. o. rectus above). This species is very different from P. opacus and placed in a different species group by the structure of male genitalia (see the key).

It is clear that the 3 syntypes were collected from the same location and no doubt that all of them are the same taxon, and consequently it is not necessary to designate a lectotype (ICZN, Article 74.7.3).