Orthochirus farzanpayi (Vachon et Farzanpay, 1987)

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Soleglad, Michael E., Fet, Victor & Kovařík, František, 2013, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part IX. Hormozgan Province, with a description of Odontobuthus tavighiae sp. n. (Buthidae), Euscorpius 170, pp. 1-29 : 14-15

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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 et Farzanpay in Farzanpay, 1987: 162; Farzanpay, 1988: 41; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 223.

Orthochirus farzanpayi: Kovařík & Fet, 2006a: 1 View in CoL , figs. 1–3; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 14 View Cited Treatment ; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 15 View Cited Treatment , figs. 2, 23, 61–64; Navidpour et al., 2011: 15, figs. 14, 53–56; Navidpour et al., 2012: 16 View Cited Treatment , fig. 12.

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

= Paraorthochirus goyffoni Lourenco et Vachon, 1995: 301 ; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 212. Syn. n.

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

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, 215 km N of Bandare-Abbas , 22.III.1972, 1♀ (lectotype) 1♂ 1♀ (paralecto- types) ( 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., 1♂ 1♀ 1im. ♂ (holotype, allotype, and paratype of Orthochirus sobotniki ) ( FKCP), leg. J. Šobotník. GoogleMaps

HORMOZGAN PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Hormozgan Province , 27°15'11.5"N 52°59'10.4"E, 14 m a.s.l. (Locality No. HO-161), XI.2008, 1♂ im. ( FKCP), leg. Masihipour, Hayader & Habibzadeh. GoogleMaps

COMMENTS. Paraorthochirus goyffoni was not compared with Orthochirus farzanpayi in the original description, it was differentiated only from Paraorthochirus (= Orthochirus ) glabrifrons (Kraepelin, 1903) and Paraorthochirus (= Orthochirus ) stockwelli Lourenço et Vachon, 1995 . The presence or absence of trichobothrium d 2 on the femur of pedipalp was the only character separating Orthochirus Karsch, 1892 from Paraorthochirus Lourenço et Vachon, 1995 . Navidpour et al. (2008: 17) demonstrated variation in the position, size, and presence/absence of trichobothrium d 2 on the femur of pedipalp, synonymized these two genera and transferred the species O. glabrifrons and O. stockwelli to Orthochirus . At that time they did not address the taxonomic position of Paraorthochirus goyffoni , which is possible only now with new material of Orthochirus from Hormozgan Province. Comparison of the new specimens with characters given in the original description reveals no morphological differences and leads us to conclude that Paraorthochirus goyffoni Lourenco et Vachon, 1995 is a synonym of Orthochirus farzanpayi (Vachon et Farzanpay, 1987) .

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Hormozgan, Fars (Kovařík & Fet, 2006a: 1–3), Khoozestan ( Navidpour et al., 2008a: 15), Bushehr ( Navidpour et al., 2008b: 15) and Kerman ( Navidpour et al., 2011: 15) Provinces.