Mesobuthus barszczevskii (Birula, 1904)

Kovařík, František, Fet, Victor, Gantenbein, Benjamin, Graham, Matthew R., Aydin, Ersen, Yağmur, Šťáhlavský, František, Nikita, Poverennyi & Novruzov, Nizami E., 2022, A revision of the genus Mesobuthus Vachon 1950 with a description of 14 new species (Scorpiones Buthidae), Euscorpius 348, pp. 1-189 : 18

Mesobuthus barszczevskii (Birula, 1904)

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Figures 1–5: Mesobuthus, live specimens and a locality. Figure 1. M. barszczevskii, male. Figure 2. M. haarlovi, female. Figure 3. M. haarlovi, male. Figure 4. M. turcicus sp. n., female. Figure 5. Afghanistan, Kabul, locality of M. haarlovi.

Figures 51–54: Mesobuthus barszczevskii, ZMHB. Figures 51–52. Lectotype male, dorsal (51) and ventral (52) views. Figures 53–54. Paralectotype female, dorsal (53) and ventral (54) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 55–60: Mesobuthus barszczevskii, ZMHB. Figures 55–57. Lectotype male, metasoma and telson, lateral (55), dorsal (56), and ventral (57) views. Figures 58–60. Paralectotype female, metasoma and telson, lateral (58), dorsal (59), and ventral (60) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 61–81: Mesobuthus barszczevskii, ZMHB. Figures 61–70, 74–75. Lectotype male, pedipalp chela, dorsal (61), external (62), and ventral (63) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (64), external (65) and ventral (66) views. Pedipalp femur and trochanter, internal (67), dorsal (68), and ventral (69) views. Movable finger (70). Chelicerae and carapace (74), sternopectinal region (75). Figures 71–73, 76–81. Paralectotype female, movable finger (71), chelicerae, carapace and tergite I (76), sternopectinal region and sternite III (77), and left legs I–IV, retrolateral aspect (78–81).

Figures 82–83: Mesobuthus barszczevskii, Uzbekistan, Surxondaryo Province, Babatag Mts., female, dorsal (82) and ventral (83) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 84–97: Mesobuthus barszczevskii, Uzbekistan, Surxondaryo Province, Babatag Mts., female. Figures 84–93. Pedipalp. Chela, dorsal (84), external (85), and ventral (86) views. Patella, dorsal (87), external (88) and ventral (89) views. Femur and trochanter, internal (90), dorsal (91), and ventral (92) views. Movable finger (93). The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 84–88, 90–91. Figures 94–97. Telson lateral (94), metasoma and telson, lateral (95), dorsal (96), and ventral (97) views. Scale bar: 10 mm (95–97).

Figures 98–103: Mesobuthus barszczevskii, Uzbekistan, Surxondaryo Province, Babatag Mts., female, chelicerae, carapace and tergites I–III (98), sternopectinal region and sternites III–V (99), and left legs I–IV, retrolateral aspect (100–103).