Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Soleglad, Michael E., 2008, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part III. Ilam Province, Euscorpius 69 (69), pp. 1-29 : 15-17

Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

Figures 4, 12, 67–70

Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861a: 426 ; Karsch, 1879: 15, 21; Birula, 1905a: 146; Birula, 1917: 215; Birula, 1918: 42; Weidner, 1959: 100; Pringle, 1960: 84; Khalaf, 1962: 2; Khalaf, 1963: 68; Vachon, 1966: 214; Habibi, 1971: 44; Farzanpay & Pretzmann, 1974: 217; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 36; Vachon, 1977: 213; Vachon, 1979: 59; Farzanpay, 1987: 141, 168; Farzanpay, 1988: 42; Simard & Watt, 1990: 441; Sissom, 1990: 75; El-Hennawy, 1992: 135; Kovařík, 1997a: 48; Kovařík, 1998: 136; Fet, 2000: 429; Prendini, 2000: 44; Capes & Fet, 2001: 303; Monod & Lourenço, 2005: 902; Akbari, 2007: 76; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 26; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 20.

Hemiscorpion lepturus : Peters, 1861b: 511; Ausserer, 1880: 466; Kraepelin, 1899: 142; Werner, 1934: 276; Moritz & Fischer, 1980: 317; Kovařík, 2002: 14.

Hemiscorpio lepturus : Simon, 1880b: 29.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iraq, “Mendeli bei Baghdad ” ( Mendeli near Baghdad) ; ZMHB.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iraq, Mendeli bei Baghdad, 2♂ 2♀ (syntypes), leg. Petermann, ZMHB 43 a–d.

ILAM PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran , Ilam Prov., Murmury , 32°46.32'N 47°39.78'E, 566 m a.s.l. (Locality No. IL-819), X.2007, 1♂ 1♀ FKCP , 7♂ 13♀ RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Navidpour & Bahrani ; Abdanan to Murmury road, 32º51.82'N 47º25.26'E, 870 m a.s.l. (Locality No. IL-820), X.2007, 1♀ RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Hayader ; Mehran to Dehloran road, 32º55.42'N 46º41.32'E, 327 m a.s.l. (Locality No. IL-822), X.2007, 2♂ 3♀ RRLS, leg. Masihipour Hayader & Bahrani ; Andimeshk to Dashte Abbas road, 32º21.46'N 47º57.27'E, 190 m a.s.l. (Locality No. IL-830), 2008, 2♀ 1♀ im. RRLS, leg. Navidpour, Hayader & Bahrani.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Kohgiloueyeh & Boyerahmad, Fars, Hormozgan, and Lorestan Provinces ( Kovařík, 1997a: 48), Bushehr, Ilam, and Khoozestan Province (Far- zanpay, 1987: 141, Monod & Lourenço, 2005: 902, and Akbari, 2007: 76); Iraq (Peters, 1861a: 426).

Key of scorpions of Ilam Province

1. Pedipalp patella without ventral trichobothria…….. ..…………... Buthidae ..……………............................ 3 - Pedipalp patella with ventral trichobothria ......…....... 2

2. Lateroapical margins of leg tarsi shaped into rounded lobes. …….. Scorpio maurus townsendi (Pocock, 1900) - Lateroapical margins of leg tarsi straight..……......... ……………………. Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

3. Carapace in lateral view distinctly inclined downward from median eyes to anterior margin. Total length less than 50 mm. .....….... Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004 - Carapace in lateral view with entire dorsal surface horizontal or nearly so (possibly with a slight anterior decline) .......…............................................................... 4

4. Cheliceral fixed finger with a single ventral denticle ..…………………….. Razianus zarudnyi ( Birula, 1903) - Cheliceral fixed finger with two ventral denticles ...... 5

5. Second metasomal segment of adults widely flattened, much wider than other metasomal segments .................. .............……....... Apistobuthus susanae Lourenço, 1998 - Second metasomal segment similar in width to other metasomal segments ..........………………………........ 6

6. Carapace granulated but without carinae .................. 7 - Carapace with carinae ................................................. 8

7. Patella of pedipalp with 8 (rarely 7 or 9) external trichobothria. ......…………………. Vachoniolus iranus Navidpour, Kovařík, Soleglad et Fet, 2008

- Patella of pedipalp with 7 external trichobothria. ... ……………. Buthacus macrocentrus (Ehrenberg, 1828)

11. Central median and posterior median carinae of carapace joined to form a continuous linear series of granules to posterior margin Compsobuthus ...……... 12 - Central median and posterior median carinae of carapace not joined to form a continuous linear series of granules to posterior margin ..............……….............. 13

12. Male has longer metasoma than female. Width of pedipalp manus the same in both sexes .............…....... ………………………….. C. matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) - Length of metasoma the same in both sexes. Male has much wider and shorter pedipalp chela ........................ …………………………………. C. jakesi Kovařík, 2003

13. Trichobothrium db on patella of pedipalp located usually between est and dt. Trichobothrium db may be on level with trichobothrium est or rarely between est and esb. Carinae of carapace not forming a lyre-shaped configuration. Ventrolateral carinae on the fifth metasomal segment with all granules more or less equal in size..…………..... Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880) - Trichobothrium db on patella of pedipalp always located between est and esb. Carinae of carapace forming a lyre-shaped configuration. Ventrolateral carinae on the fifth metasomal segment with irregular granules........... Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889)