Odontobuthus tirgari, Mirshamsi, Omid, Azghadi, Sara, Navidpour, Shahrokh, Aliabadian, Mansour & Kovařík, František, 2013
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.1.7 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5625417 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A18783-FFBB-6F47-FF41-3FAAFC5EFB46 |
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Plazi |
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Odontobuthus tirgari |
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Genus Odontobuthus Vachon, 1950 View in CoL
Type is Buthus doriae Thorell, 1877 .
Odontobuthus tirgari sp. nov. Figs. 4–30 View FIGURES 4 – 5 View FIGURES 6 – 19 View FIGURES 20 – 23 View FIGURES 24 – 25 View FIGURES 26 – 30 , Table 1 View TABLE 1
Type material: Holotype: ♀, Iran, Khorasan Province, Gonabad, ca. 5 km NE of Kakhk, daytime excavation, 1 September 2007, leg. O. Mirshamsi (ZMFUM-scr-2120).
Paratypes: Khorasan Razavi Province: 1♀, 1♀ subadult, 9 juv. ZMFUM, 1♂ 1♀ FKCP, Gonabad, ca.3 Km Northeast of Kakhk, Marghesh vill., 34.146 °N, 58.644 °E, 1 September 2007, leg. O. Mirshamsi (ZMFUM-scr- 2121 to ZMFUM-scr-2130); 1♂, 7♀ subadult, 15 juv. ZMFUM, Gonabad, ca.3 Km Northeast of Kakhk, Marghesh vill., 34.146 °N, 58.644 °E, 15 July 2011, leg. O. Mirshamsi & S. Azghadi, (ZMFUM-scr-2091 to ZMFUM-scr- 2115); 3♀, 4♀ subadult, 1♂ subadult, ZMFUM, Gonabad, Northeast of Kakhk, Ostad road, 34.125° N, 58.775° E, 6 August 2011, leg. O. Mirshamsi & S. Azghadi (ZMFUM-scr- 2131 to 2138); 1♂ 1♀1♀ subadult, AMNH, Khorasan Prov., Gonabad, ca. 3 Km Northeast of Kakhk, Marghesh vill., 34.146 °N, 58.644°E, 1 September 2012, leg. O. Mirshamsi.
Etymology: The species name is a patronym honoring Prof. Siavash Tirgari , for his contributions to the study of scorpions in Iran.
Diagnosis: Scorpions of medium to large size ( Figs. 4–5 View FIGURES 4 – 5 ), ranging from 60 to 72 mm in males and 66 to 75 mm in females; General coloration yellow to yellowish green; ocular tubercle located on anterior half of prosoma with following index: 0.65 ± 0.025; dentate margins of fixed and movable fingers of pedipalps with 12–13 rows of oblique denticles; longer movable finger relative to the manus length (MFL/ML 1.88–2.66); ventrosubmedian carinae of metasomal segments II–III with three to five pairs of distinct denticles; anterior ventral margin of metasomal segment IV with transverse row of eight or more enlarged granules; Metasomal segment IV L/W 1.80 ± 0.128; ventrolateral carinae of metasomal segment V with three strong lobate denticles; Lateral anal arch armed with two strong and one minor lobe; posterior ventral margin of metasomal segment V with six reduced lobes; smaller and narrower telson (TlL/W 2.06 ± 0.142; TlL/H 2.20 ± 0.151).
TABLE 1. The statistics (Min, Max and Mean ± SE) of 27 morphometric characters measured for different species of the genus Odontobuthus. The results of one-way ANOVA have been presented in the last column. *, significant difference, (P <0.05).
| Min | O. doriae (n=20) Max Mean±S.E. | O. bidentatus (n=9) Min Max Mean±S.E. | Min | O. tirgari (n=6) Max Mean±S.E. | Kruskall-Wallis P< | |
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| BL | 66.01 | 76.31 71.123±0.622 | 70.8 82.24 73.600±1.530 | 58.12 | 74.17 66.131±2.581 | 0.05 |
| CL | 8.21 | 10.00 9.055±0.091 | 8.64 9.71 9.223±0.117 | 7.32 | 9.14 7.971±0.251 | 0.05 |
| CWP | 9.57 | 11.00 10.214±0.090 | 9.55 10.8 10.374±0.130 | 8.71 | 10.39 9.290±0.268 | 0.05 |
| CWA | 5.65 | 6.75 6.164±0.066 | 5.88 6.62 6.234±0.070 | 5.15 | 6.11 5.481±0.133 | 0.05 |
| X | 3.00 | 3.82 3.349±0.053 | 3.27 3.66 3.474±0.045 | 2.92 | 3.57 3.145±0.095 | 0.05 |
| Y | 5.21 | 6.31 5.759±0.061 | 5.31 6.21 5.774±0.102 | 4.41 | 5.55 4.870±0.157 | 0.05 |
| CHL | 13.44 | 15.92 14.452±0.152 | 13.12 16.78 15.303±0.373 | 13.13 | 15.02 13.976±0.253 | 0.05 |
| ML | 4.52 | 5.48 5.073±0.056 | 4.50 5.47 4.997±0.109 | 4.00 | 4.72 4.211±0.112 | 0.05 |
| MFL | 9.70 | 11.36 10.441±0.097 | 10.83 12.22 11.413±0.144 | 9.74 | 11.55 10.573±0.236 | 0.05 |
| Mt(I)L | 5.00 | 6.00 5.490±0.070 | 5.28 6.48 5.618±0.122 | 4.35 | 5.87 5.141±0.216 | n.s. |
| Mt(I)H | 4.25 | 5.21 4.660±0.064 | 4.23 5.12 4.858±0.096 | 3.85 | 5.09 4.331±0.183 | 0.05 |
| Mt(I)W | 5.08 | 6.50 5.718±0.085 | 5.50 6.44 5.992±0.104 | 4.62 | 6.27 5.388±0.227 | 0.05 |
| Mt(II)L | 5.69 | 7.26 6.383±0.086 | 6.19 7.38 6.594±0.128 | 4.95 | 6.64 5.926±0.243 | 0.05 |
| Mt(II)H | 3.94 | 5.08 4.485±0.072 | 4.23 4.91 4.612±0.081 | 3.54 | 5.00 4.100±0.196 | 0.05 |
| Mt(II)W | 4.67 | 5.90 5.229±0.075 | 4.90 5.67 5.355±0.087 | 4.09 | 5.30 4.631±0.171 | 0.05 |
| Mt(III)L | 6.07 | 7.18 6.668±0.075 | 6.43 7.71 6.926±0.131 | 5.29 | 6.78 6.068±0.230 | 0.05 |
| Mt(III)H | 3.92 | 4.86 4.388±0.061 | 4.20 4.92 4.524±0.079 | 3.48 | 4.77 3.976±0.174 | 0.05 |
| Mt(III)W | 4.30 | 5.58 4.819±0.075 | 4.34 5.21 4.887±0.088 | 3.74 | 4.78 4.143±0.148 | 0.05 |
| Mt(IV)L | 7.26 | 8.80 7.871±0.095 | 7.89 8.88 8.252±0.105 | 6.48 | 7.74 7.176±0.197 | 0.05 |
| Mt(IV)H | 3.56 | 4.88 4.105±0.077 | 3.70 4.52 4.085±0.086 | 3.14 | 4.12 3.460±0.139 | 0.05 |
| Mt(IV)W | 4.06 | 5.12 4.513±0.062 | 4.20 4.88 4.586±0.070 | 3.67 | 4.68 3.996±0.145 | 0.05 |
| Mt(V)L | 7.00 | 10.30 9.307±0.155 | 9.24 10.83 9.876±0.155 | 7.89 | 9.37 8.708±0.208 | 0.05 |
| Mt(V)H | 3.00 | 3.60 3.307±0.035 | 3.11 3.75 3.491±0.069 | 2.81 | 3.48 3.101±0.100 | 0.05 |
| Mt(V)W | 4.31 | 5.68 5.110±0.075 | 4.88 5.71 5.228±0.108 | 4.09 | 5.20 4.465±0.157 | 0.05 |
| TlL | 7.34 | 9.00 8.242±0.082 | 8.00 9.14 8.606±0.139 | 6.70 | 7.64 7.171±0.131 | 0.05 |
| TlW | 3.53 | 4.35 3.928±0.050 | 4.14 4.75 4.393±0.063 | 3.15 | 4.08 3.493±0.126 | 0.05 |
| TlH | 3.31 | 4.00 3.659±0.041 | 3.82 4.41 4.118±0.072 | 3.00 | 3.64 3.261±0.096 | 0.05 |
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