Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Nayebzadeh ², Hassan H., Soleglad, Michael E., Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Kayedi, Mohammad Hassan, 2010, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part VI. Lorestan Province, Euscorpius 99 (99), pp. 1-23 : 17-18

Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861a: 426 , 8 figs.; Karsch, 1879: 15, 21; Birula, 1905a: 146; Birula, 1917: 215; Birula, 1918: 42, fig. 7; Weidner, 1959: 100; Pringle, 1960: 84, fig. 9; Khalaf, 1962: 2; Khalaf, 1963: 68; Vachon, 1966: 214; Habibi, 1971: 44; Farzanpay & Pretzmann, 1974: 217; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 36; Vachon, 1977: 213; Vachon, 1979: 59; Farzanpay, 19 87: 141, 168; Farzanpay, 1988: 42; Simard & Watt, 1990: 441; Sissom, 1990: 75; El-Hennawy, 1992: 135; Kovařík, 1997a: 48; Kovařík, 1998: 136; Fet, 2000: 429; Prendini, 2000: 44; Capes & Fet, 2001: 303; Monod & Lourenço, 2005: 902, figs. 1a–b, 16– 21, 27e –f, 36; Akbari, 2007: 76, fig. p. 68; Navidpour et al., 2008a, figs. 20–21, 43, 107–110: 26; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 20 , figs. 2, 5, 7, 24, 78–81; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 15 , figs. 4, 12, 67-70; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 14 , figs. 3, 6–7, 9, 14, 56–59; Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 12, figs. 3, 11, 49–52; Lowe, 2010: 22.

Hemiscorpion lepturus : Peters, 1861b: 511; Ausserer, 1880: 466; Kraepelin, 1899: 142; Werner, 1934: 276; Moritz & Fischer, 1980: 317; Kovařík, 2002: 14.

Hemiscorpio lepturus : Simon, 1880b: 29.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iraq, “Mendeli bei Baghdad ” ( Mendeli near Baghdad); ZMHB .

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iraq, Mendeli bei Baghdad, 2♂ 2♀ (syntypes), leg. Petermann, ZMHB 43a–d .

LORESTAN PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Lorestan Province , Zagros Mts. , 30 km W of Khorram Abad (Koramabad), near Gholaman Village, ca 1000 m a.s.l., 6.-7 May 1996, 1♂ 1 ♀, leg. D. Král ( FKCP) ; Poldokhtar , Valiyeasr Village, 33°05'22"N 47°42'39"E, 735 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1356), October 2009, 2♂, 1♂ 1 ♀ ( FKCP), leg. M. H. Kayedi, H. Nayebzadeh & D. Bahreei ; Koohdasht , Darbe Gonbad Village, 33°41'45"N 47°09'11"E, 1310 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1361), October 2009, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. A. Pahlavani, A. Bahreei & M. Bahreei ; Koramabad , Haftcheshmeh Village, 33°48'39"N 47°46'03"E, 1398 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1362), October 2009, 3♂ 2♀ ( RRLS), leg. A. Pahlavani, A. Bahreei, M. Bahreei & R. Amraee ; Sepiddasht , Dareashkaft Village, 33°13'46"N 48°49'18"E, 1144 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1364), October 2009, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. A. Bahreei, M. Bahreei & R. Amraee ; Aleshtar , Shineh Village, 33°47'37"N 47°55'47"E, 1355 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1367), October 2009, 4♂ 1 ♀ ( RRLS), leg. A. Bahreei, M. Bahreei & R. Amraee ; Koramabad , Sarabe Doreh, 33°34'17"N 48°01'00"E, 1333 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1392), October 2009, 2♂ ( RRLS), leg. M. H. Kayedi, H. Nayebzadeh, D. Bahreei & R. Amraee ; Leshtar , Dareh Kakareza Village, 33°43'41"N 48°15'33"E, 2100 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1399), October 2009, 2♀ ( RRLS), leg. Bahreei & A. Pahlavani ; Koramabad , Papi Khaldare Sofla Village, 33°32'24"N 48°19'11"E, 1292 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1400), October 2009, ♂ ( RRLS), leg. R. Amraee, A. Bahreei & M. Bahreei ;

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Fars, Hormozgan, Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad, Lorestan Provinces (Kovařík, 1997a: 48), Bushehr, Ilam, Khoozestan Province (Farzanpay, 1987: 141; Monod & Lourenço, 2005: 902; Akbari, 2007: 76), and Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari Province (Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 12); Iraq ( Peters, 1861a: 426).

Key to the scorpions of Lorestan Province

1. Pedipalp patella without ventral trichobothria............. ................................................ Buthidae ...................... 3 - Pedipalp patella with ventral trichobothria ................. 2

2. Lateroapical margins of leg tarsi shaped into rounded lobes. .......... Scorpio maurus townsendi ( Pocock, 1900) - Lateroapical margins of leg tarsi straight .............. ................................ Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

3. Carapace in lateral view distinctly inclined downward from median eyes to anterior margin. Total length less than 50 mm. ............. Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004 - Carapace in lateral view with entire dorsal surface horizontal or nearly so (possibly with a slight anterior decline) .......................................................................... 4

4. Cheliceral fixed finger with a single ventral denticle ................................... Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903) - Cheliceral fixed finger with two ventral denticles ...... 5

5. Dentate margin of pedipalp chela movable finger with 4 terminal granules (3 terminal and one basal terminal). ...................... Androctonus crassicauda ( Olivier, 1807) - Dentate margin of pedipalp chela movable finger with 5–7 terminal granules (4–6 terminal and one basal terminal)......................................................................... 6

6. Central median and posterior median carinae of carapace joined to form a continuous linear series of granules to posterior margin ......................................... .................... Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) - Central median and posterior median carinae of carapace not joined to form a continuous linear series of granules to posterior margin .......................................... 7

7. Trichobothrium db on fixed finger of pedipalp chela located usually between est and dt. Trichobothrium db may be on level with trichobothrium est or rarely between est and esb. Carinae of carapace not forming a lyre-shaped configuration. Ventrolateral carinae on the fifth metasomal segment with all granules more or less equal in size. .......... Hottentotta ................................... 8 - Trichobothrium db on fixed finger of pedipalp chela always located between est and esb. Carinae of carapace forming a lyre-shaped configuration. Ventrolateral carinae on the fifth metasomal segment with irregular granules. ......... Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii ( Pocock, 1889)

8. Pedipalps are black ( Fig. 18 ) ............................... ........................... Hottentotta zagrosensis Kovařík, 1997 - Pedipalps are yellow ( Fig. 6 ). ..................................... 9

9. Metasoma and mesosoma yellow to reddish brown; only anterior part of carapace, fifth metasomal segment and telson may be black ( Fig. 15 ). ............................ ................................... Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880) - Metasoma and mesosoma entirely blackish green ( Fig. 6 ). ............................. Hottentotta lorestanus Navidpour, Nayebzadeh, Soleglad, Fet, Kovařík et Kayedi , sp. n.

Figures

Figures 15–18: Females of Hottentotta species from Iran, dorsal view. 15. H. saulcyi (Simon, 1880), ♀ (94 mm), Iran, Ilam Province, 30 km NW Ilam, 33°43'N 46°41'E (FKCP). 16. H. schach (Birula, 1905), ♀(112 mm), Iran, Fars Province, ca 1700 m a.s.l., 10 km E of Sivand vill. (FKCP). 17. H. khoozestanus Navidpour et al, 2008, ♀(119 mm) holotype, Iran, southeastern Khoozestan Province, Behbahan–Dailam road, 31°55'N 49°44'E (RRLS). 18. H. zagrosensis Kovařík, 1997, ♀(103 mm) alotype, Iran, Fars Province, Zagros Mts., Abshar vill. env. (FKCP).

Figures 6–13: Hottentotta lorestanus sp. n., female holotype. 6–9. Dorsal and ventral views. 10. Third leg. 11. Chela and patela. 12. Movable finger of pedipalp. 13. Metasoma ventral.