Androctonus crassicauda ( Olivier, 1807 )

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Soleglad, Michael E., Fet, Victor & Kovařík, František, 2008, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part II. Bushehr Province, Euscorpius 67 (69), pp. 1-33 : 3-5

Androctonus crassicauda ( Olivier, 1807)

Figures 4 , 20 , 25–28

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; Navidpour et al., 2008: 5 .

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.

BUSHEHR PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran , Bushehr Prov., cca 17 km NW Bandar-e Genaveh , 10 m

a.s.l., 29°38'32"N 50°26'56"E, 1♂ 2juvs. FKCP, 13– 14.X.1998, leg. P. Kabátek ; Delvar , 28°42'59"N 51°04'52"E, 4 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Bu-20), XI.2007, 1♀ RRLS, leg. Masihipour & Hayader ; Bushehr to Dayer road, Dero Ahmad village , 27°53'47"N 51°35'51"E, 4 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Bu-27), XI.2007, 2♂ RRLS 1 im. FKCP, leg. Masihipour, Hayader & Habibzadeh.

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), Tunisia ( Kraepelin, 1901: 266), Turkey ( Pocock, 1902: 373), United Arab Emirates (Hendrixson, 2006: 40), Yemen (Birula, 1937: 101).

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Figure 4: Map of Bushehr province showing distribution of Androctonus crassicauda and Buthacus macrocentrus collected in this study.

Figures 20–21: Iran, Bushehr Province. 20. Delvar, 28°42'59"N 51°04'52"E, 4 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-20). Recorded occurence of Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807), Buthacus macrocentrus (Ehrenberg, 1828), Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004, and Scorpio maurus townsendi (Pocock, 1900). 21. Tangestan, 28°52'53"N 51°18'43", 95 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-35). Recorded occurrence of Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889), Odontobuthus bidentatus Lourenço et Pézier, 2002, and Scorpio maurus townsendi (Pocock, 1900).