Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Kovařík, František, Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2008, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part I. Khoozestan Province, Euscorpius 65 (69), pp. 1-41 : 5

Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)

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Scorpio crassicauda Olivier, 1807: 97 .

Buthus crassicauda : Simon, 1872: 247 (in part); Simon, 1879: 99; Kraepelin, 1899: 16; Pocock, 1902: 373; Kraepelin, 1913: 124; Lampe, 1918: 190.

Androctonus crassicauda : Kraepelin, 1891: 175 (in part); Vachon, 1951: 343; Khalaf, 1962: 1; Khalaf, 1963: 60; Habibi, 1971: 42; Farzanpay & Pretzmann, 1974: 215; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 17; Vachon, 1974: 909; Vachon, 1979: 31; Farzanpay, 1987: 141; Farzanpay, 1988: 36; Fet, 1989: 78; Sissom, 1994: 36; Al-Safadi, 1992: 96; Amr & El-Oran, 1994: 187; Dupré et al., 1998: 59; Kovařík, 1998: 104; Crucitti, 1999: 83; Kabakibi et al., 1999: 80; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 72; Stathi & Mylonas, 2001: 288; Kovařík, 2002: 5; Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 439; Vignoli et al., 2003: 2; Fet & Kovařík, 2003: 180; Kovařík & Whitman, 2005: 105; Hendrixson, 2006: 38 Akbari, 2007: 76.

Prionurus crassicauda : Pocock, 1895: 292; Tullgren, 1909: 2; Birula, 1904: 29; Birula, 1905a: 120; Masi, 1912: 91; Penther, 1912: 110.

Androctonus crassicauda crassicauda : Vachon, 1959: 124; Vachon, 1966: 210; Habibi, 1971: 42; Vachon, 1979: 34; Levy & Amitai, 1980: 24; Kovařík, 1997a: 49.

= Prionurus crassicauda orientalis Birula, 1900: 355 ; Birula, 1903: 67 (syn. by Fet, 1989: 79)

Buthus (Prionurus) crassicauda orientalis : Birula, 1917: 93, 240.

Buthus crassicauda orientalis : Kraepelin, 1913: 124.

Androctonus crassicauda orientalis : Vachon, 1959: 124; Vachon, 1966: 210; Habibi, 1971: 42; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 18.

Androctonus amoreuxi baluchicus : Kovařík, 1997a: 39 (see Vignoli et al., 2003: 4).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Kashan , Persia, now Iran, Esfahan Province ; MNHN.

KHOOZESTAN PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Khoozestan Province , Baghmalek, 31°55'17"N 49°22'15"E, 185 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Ba-102), I.2007, 10♂ 13♀ 2juvs. RRLS, leg. Kazemi ; Ahvaz–Haftgel road (40 km to Haftgel), 44 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Ha-1), XII.2006, 2♀ RRLS , 4juvs. FKCP, leg. Hayader & Masihipour; Andimeshk district , Bidrooyeh, Jahangiri village, 32°46'15"N 48°15'26"E (Locality No. Bi 813-1), X.2007, 2♂ 1♀ RRLS , 2juvs. FKCP, leg. Masihipour & Hayader; Ramhormoz road (20 km to Ramhormoz), 31°13'55"N 49°14'26"E, 50 m a.s.l., V.2007, 10♀ RRLS, leg. Masihipour & Tofigh ; Dagh Mishan– Abdelkhan road, Razihassan village, 31°51'16"N 48°19'07"E, 42 m, 2007, 10♂ 18♀ RRLS .

DISTRIBUTION: Widespread in Iran, found in most provinces. Recorded also from Armenia (Kraepelin, 1899: 17), Azerbaijan ( Fet, 1989: 79), Bahrain (Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 439), Egypt (Fet & Lowe, 2000: 72), Iraq (Kennedy, 1937: 745), Israel (Simon, 1892: 83), Jordan (Amr & El-Oran, 1994: 187), Kuwait (Kettel, 1982: 6), Lebanon (El-Hennawy, 1992: 100), Oman ( Birula, 1917: 229; Hendrixson, 2006: 39), Qatar (El-Hennawy, 1992: 100), Saudi Arabia (Pocock, 1895: 292; Hendrixson, 2006: 39), Syria (Simon, 1872: 247), Tunis (Kraepelin, 1901: 266), Turkey (Pocock, 1902: 373), United Arab Emirates ( Hendrixson, 2006: 40), Yemen ( Birula, 1937: 101).