Olivierus Farzanpay, 1987

Kovařík, František, 2019, Taxonomic reassessment of the genera Lychas, Mesobuthus, and Olivierus, with descriptions of four new genera (Scorpiones: Buthidae), Euscorpius 288, pp. 1-27 : 25-26

Genus Olivierus Farzanpay, 1987

( Figures 145–147, 158–160, 169–170, 173–182)

Mesobuthus (in part) Vachon, 1950: 152–152 (1952: 324– 325); Fet & Lowe, 2000: 169–181 (complete references list until 2000); Gantenbein et al., 2003: 417; Fet et al., 2018: 1–77, figs. 1–327, tables 1–6.

Olivierus Farzanpay, 1987: 156 ; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 189–192 (complete references list until 2000).

Afghanobuthus Lourenço, 2005: 111–114 , figs. 1–9 (syn. by Fet et al., 2018: 3).

TYPE SPECIES. Androctonus caucasicus Nordmann, 1840 .

DIAGNOSIS. Large buthids, adults 49–90 mm. Sternum type 1 (Soleglad & Fet, 2003), various degrees of an irregular pentagon in shape. Pedipalps orthobothriotaxic, type Aβ ( Vachon, 1974, 1975), femur trichobothrium d 2 dorsal, patella d 3 dorsal of dorsomedian carina. Chelal trichobothrium db usually located between est and esb, or may be on level with trichobothrium est. Trichobothrium eb clearly on fixed finger of pedipalp. Pectines with fulcra. Dentate margin of pedipalp-chela movable finger with distinct denticles divided into 12–14 linear rows and 5 terminal denticles. If there are only 12 rows of denticles, the 12th row is always with outer and inner denticle. Chelicerae with typical buthid dentition (Vachon, 1963, figs. 32–33), fixed finger armed with two denticles on ventral surface. Tergites I–VI granular, with three carinae, tergite VII with 5 carinae. Carapace with distinct carinae, entire dorsal surface nearly flat. First sternite with two granulated lateral stridulatory areas, which however may be reduced in some species. Metasoma elongate, segment I with 10 carinae, segments II-III with 8–10 carinae, segment IV with 8 carinae. Ventrolateral carinae of metasomal segment V posteriorly usually with several large lobated denticles. Telson elongated or bulbous, bumpy and granulated, without subaculear tooth. Legs III and IV with well developed tibial spurs. No sexual dimorphism in shape of metasoma.

SUBORDINATE TAXA (18 SPECIES).

Olivierus bolensis (Sun, Zhu & Lourenço, 2010) , comb. n. ( China)

Olivierus brutus ( Fet et al., 2018) , comb. n. ( Iran: Qazvin)

Olivierus caucasicus (Nordmann, 1840) , comb. n. ( Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine)

= Buthus cognatus Simon, 1889

= Buthus caucasicus fischeri Birula, 1905

Olivierus elenae ( Fet et al., 2018) , comb. n. ( Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)

Olivierus extremus (Werner, 1936) , comb. n. (? China, type from Singapore)

Olivierus fuscus (Birula, 1897) , comb. n. ( Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)

Olivierus gorelovi ( Fet et al., 2018) , comb. n. ( Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)

Olivierus hainanensis (Birula, 1904) , stat. n., comb. n. ( China)

Olivierus intermedius (Birula, 1897) , comb. n. ( Tajikistan,? Uzbekistan,? Kyrgyzstan)

Olivierus karshius (Sun & Sun, 2011) , comb. n. ( China)

Olivierus kaznakovi (Birula, 1904) , comb. n. ( Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)

Olivierus kreuzbergi ( Fet et al., 2018) , comb. n. ( Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)

Olivierus longichelus (Sun & Zhu, 2010) , comb. n. ( China)

Olivierus martensii (Karsch, 1879) , comb. n. ( China, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia)

= Buthus confucius Simon, 1880

Olivierus mischi ( Fet et al., 2018) , comb. n. ( Afghanistan)

Olivierus nenilini ( Fet et al., 2018) , comb. n. ( Uzbekistan,? Kyrgyzstan)

Olivierus parthorum (Pocock, 1889) , comb. n. ( Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan)

= Afghanobuthus naumanni Lourenço, 2005

Olivierus przewalskii (Birula, 1897) , comb. n. ( China, Mongolia)