Buthacus macrocentrus (Ehrenberg, 1828)

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 : 5

Buthacus macrocentrus (Ehrenberg, 1828)

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Androctonus (Leiurus) macrocentrus Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828: pl. 1, fig. 6; Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829: 355 (in part); Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1831: 5 (in part); Moritz & Fischer, 1980: 317 (in part); Braunwalder & Fet, 1998: 32 (in part).

Buthacus macrocentrus : Kovařík, 2005: 7 ; Navidpour et al., 2008: 7 .

= Buthus tadmorensis Simon, 1892: 84 ; Kraepelin, 1895: 83; Birula, 1905a: 136; Habibi, 1971: 43 (syn. by Kovařík, 2005: 8).

Buthus (Buthacus) tadmorensis : Birula, 1910: 172; Birula, 1917: 229.

Buthacus tadmorensis : Simon, 1910: 76; Vachon, 1966: 210; Farzanpay, 1987: 144; Farzanpay, 1988: 36; Kovařík, 1997a: 49; Kovařík, 1998: 105; Kovařík, 2001: 80; Fet & Kovařík, 2003: 180.

= Buthus pietschmanni Penther, 1912: 112 (syn. by Birula, 1917: 229).

= Buthacus yotvatensis Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973: 130 ; Levy & Amitai, 1980: 90; Kinzelbach, 1984: 99; Vachon & Kinzelbach, 1987: 100; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 85; Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 439 (syn. by Kovařík, 2001: 80).

Buthacus yotvatensis yotvatensis : Vachon, 1979: 36; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 85.

Buthacus tadmorensis tadmorensis : Vachon & Kinzelbach, 1987: 101; Kovařík, 2002: 5;

Buthacus tadmorensis yotvatensis : Vachon & Kinzelbach, 1987: 101; Amr et al., 1988: 374; El-Hennawy, 1992: 114; Kabakibi et al., 1999: 82.

Mesobuthus pietschmanni : El-Hennawy, 1992: 128.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Sinai; ZMHB. Type locality “ Sinai “ (Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829: 355 and label) must be regarded as erroneous.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Sinai (labeled as Androctonus macrocentrus , Sinai, No. 153), 1♀, lectotype of Androctonus (Leiurus) macrocentrus Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828, ZMHB.

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♂ FKCP, 13– 14.X.1998, leg. P. Kabátek ; Bandar-e Genaveh env., X.2000, 2♂ FKCP, leg. R. Perlík ; Delvar , 28°42'59"N 51°04'52"E, 4 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-20), XI.2007, 18♂ 22♀ 10juvs. RRLS 4 juvs. FKCP, leg. Masihipour & Hayader ; Dayer , 27°49'35"N 52°04'44"E, 4 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-25), XI.2007, 1juv. RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh ; 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, 3♂ 1♀ 1juv. RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Hayader & Habibzadeh ; Bushehr to Dayer road, Golestan, 29°13'46"N 51°19'33"E, 3 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-28), XI.2007, 15♂ 3♀ 8juvs. RRLS, 1♂ 2♀ FKCP, leg. Masihipour, Hayder & Bahrani ; Omidiyeh to Genaveh road, 30°13'42"N 50°12'01"E, 128 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bi 805), VI.2007, 11♂ 18♀ 22juvs. RRLS, leg. Navidpour & Masihipour ; Dailam road, Khite Amareh village , 30°42'52"N 49°44'59"E, 41 m a.s.l. (Locality No. OM-801), VII.2007, 1♂ 2♀ RRLS, leg. Navidpour, Masihipour & Habibzadeh.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, known from Bushehr Province ( Kovařík, 2005: 8, as "Chamak Province") and Khoozestan Province ( Navidpour et al., 2008: 7); Iraq ( Penther, 1912: 112), Israel ( Vachon, 1966: 210), Jordan (Pérez Minocci, 1974: 19), Syria ( Simon, 1892: 84), Turkey (Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 439).

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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).