Razianus zarudnyi ( Birula, 1903 )

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Soleglad, Michael E., 2012, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part VIII. Fars Province, Euscorpius 139, pp. 1-29 : 17-20

Razianus zarudnyi ( Birula, 1903)

( Figs. 2–4, 12)

Hemibuthus zarudnyi Birula, 1903: 75 ; Vachon, 1966: 211.

Razianus zarudnyi: Farzanpay, 1987: 159 ; Farzanpay, 1988: 41; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 216; Akbari, 2007: 76, fig. p. 66; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 20, figs. 42, 89– 92; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 17, figs. 2, 5, 23, 57– 60; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 14, figs. 2, 4, 10, 58– 61; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 11, figs. 3, 9, 13, 47- 50; Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 10, figs. 2, 11, 40–43; Navidpour et al., 2010: 15; Karataş et al., 2012: 117.

= Buthus zarudnianus Birula, 1905a: 144 ; Birula, 1905b: 450; Kraepelin, 1913: 127; Vachon, 1966: 211; Habibi, 1971: 43 (syn. by Fet, 1997: 66).

= Neohemibuthus kinzelbachi Lourenço, 1996: 94 , figs. 2–8; Kovařík, 1997a: 49 (syn. by Fet, 1997: 66).

Neohemibuthus zarudnyi: Fet, 1997: 65 ; Kovařík, 1998: 115.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. “Persia, Kalagan Province, Beludjistan, and Geh Provinces, Makran“, now Sistan & Baluchistan Province , Iran (Fet, 1977); ZISP .

FARS PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Fars Province , Kazeroon , Kazeroon-Borazjan, Konar Takhteh, 29°31'58"N 51°25'22"E, 568 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-840), IX.2008, 1♂ 2♀ ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; Kazeroon-Borazjan road, 29°33'32"N 51°30'14"E, 963 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-842), X.2008, 1♀ ( RRLS), leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Masihipour; Farashband, 29°25'03"N 52°14' 31"E, 814 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-844), IX.2008, 2♂ 3♀ ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; Parishan, 29°20'10"N 51°49'54"E, 867 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-848), IX.2008, 1♀ ( RRLS), leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Masihipour; Firoozabad-Gheer road,Hasanabad, 29°41'55"N 52°42'34"E, 1277 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-849), IX.2008, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; Firoozabad- Gheer road, 29°40'39"N 52°44'34"E, 1207 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-850), IX.2008, 1♀ ( RRLS) , 1♂ 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. Hayader, Bahrani , Masihipour & Habibzadeh; Marvdasht, 29°58'20"N 52°55'50"E, 1467 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-860), IX.2008, 1♀ ( RRLS), leg. Hayader, Bahrani, Masihipour & Habibzadeh; Marvdasht-Shiraz road, 29°57'59"N 51°55'41"E, 1632 m a.s.l. (Locality. No. Fa-861), IX.2008, 2♂ 1♀ ( RRLS), leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh; 85 kms to Lar, 28°13'07"N 54°04'25"E, 865 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa- 862), X.2008, 1♂ 2♀ 1im. ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; Gheer-Khonj, 28°14' 34"N 53°06'41"E, 638 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-867), X.2008, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. Hayader, Bahrani, Masihipour & Habibzadeh; Gheer, 28°15'16"N 53°05'04"E, 657 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-868), X.2008, 2♂ ( RRLS), leg. Hayader, Bahrani, Masihipour & Habibzadeh; Gheer- Hengam road, 28°32'36"N 52°47'54"E, 1173 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-871), X.2008, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; Gheer- Hengam road, 29°31'08"N 52°52'02"E, 987 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-875), X.2008, 2♂ ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; Juym-Lar, Banaruyeh, 29°05'39"N 54°06'16"E, 864 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-878), X.2008, 1♀ ( RRLS), leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Masihipour.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Bushehr ( Akbari, 2007: 76), Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari ( Fet, 1997: 67), Fars ( Fet, 1997: 68), Ilam ( Akbari, 2007: 76), Khoozestan (Lourenço, 1996: 94; Fet, 1997: 67-68), Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad (Navidpour et al., 2008d: 11), Lorestan (Navidpour et al., 2010: 15), and Sistan & Baluchistan ( Fet, 1997: 66) Provinces.

Family Hemiscorpiidae Pocock, 1893