Orthochirus farzanpayi (Vachon et Farzanpay, 1987)

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 : 15-17

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.18590/euscorpius.2008.vol2008.iss69.1
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scientific name	Orthochirus farzanpayi (Vachon et Farzanpay, 1987)
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Orthochirus farzanpayi (Vachon et Farzanpay, 1987) View in CoL

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Simonoides farzanpayi Vachon & Farzanpay in Farzanpay, 1987: 162; Farzanpay, 1988: 41; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 223.

Orthochirus farzanpayi Kovařík & Fet, 2006: 1 View in CoL ; Navidpour et al., 2008: 14 View Cited Treatment .

= Orthochirus sobotniki Kovařík, 2004: 20 (syn. by Kovařík & Fet, 2006: 1).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran, 215 km N of Bandar-e-Abbas ; NHMW.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, 215 km N of Bandar-e-Abbas , 22.III.1972 , 1♀ (lectotype) 1♂ 1♀ (paralectotypes), NHMW Nos. 68–70, rev. Max Vachon in 1977, No. VA 1910; 5 km SE of Posht Chenar , 19–20 April 2000, 29°12.941'N 53°20.014'E, 1692 m a.s.l. GoogleMaps ,

1♂ 1♀ 1im. ♂ (holotype, allotype, and paratype of Orthochirus sobotniki ), leg. J. Šobotník, FKCP .

BUSHEHR PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran , Bushehr Prov., Borazjan , 29°16'56"N 51°15'26"E GoogleMaps , 200

m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-18), II.2007, 1♀ RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh ; Borazjan , Dalaki, 29°23'27"N 51°16'00"E, 100 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu- 19), XI.2007, 1♀ RRLS, leg. Masihipour & Bahrani GoogleMaps ; Dayer , 27°49'35"N 52°04'44"E, 4 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-25), XI.2007, 1♂ RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh GoogleMaps ; Dayer road, 27°55'44"N 51°49'56"E, 8 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-26), XI.2007, 1♂ FKCP GoogleMaps , 1♀ RRLS, leg. Masihiour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh ; Tangestan , Ahram, 28°51'45"N 51°20'50"E, 123 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-36), XI.2007, 2♀ FKCP GoogleMaps , 1♂ RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh.

COMMENTS: All types and examined specimens of Orthochirus farzanpayi from Khoozestan Province (Shushtar district, Arab Hasan village ) lack trichobothrium d 2 on the dorsal surface of pedipalp femur. Most of specimens from the Bushehr Province have this trichobothrium present, only one male from locality No. 36 lacks it .

DISTRIBUTION: Iran: Hormozgan and Fars Provinces (Kovařík & Fet, 2006: 1–3), Khoozestan Province ( Navidpour et al., 2008: 15), Bushehr Province (first report) .