Orthochirus Karsch, 1891

Kovařík, František & Fet, Victor, 2006, Taxonomic position of the genus Simonoides Vachon et Farzanpay, 1987, and description of a new species of Orthochirus Karsch from Iran (Scorpiones, Buthidae), Euscorpius 38 (38), pp. 1-10 : 1

Orthochirus Karsch, 1891

Orthochirus Karsch, 1891: 306 ; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 193; Fet et al., 2003: 69.

= Orthodactylus Karsch, 1881: 90 , a junior homonym of Orthodactylus Hitchcock, 1858 (Reptilia) , type species: Orthodactylus olivaceus Karsch, 1881 = Orthochirus scrobiculosus (Grube, 1873) (syn. by Kraepelin, 1895: 84).

= Simonoides Vachon et Farzanpay in Farzanpay, 1987: 162, type species: Simonoides farzanpayi Vachon et Farzanpay, 1987 ; Farzanpay, 1988: 40; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 223. Syn. n.

= Afghanorthochirus Lourenço & Vachon, 1997: 330 , type species: Afghanoorthochirus erardi Lourenço & Vachon, 1997 = Orthochirus erardi (Lourenço & Vachon, 1997) ; Kovařík, 1998: 120 (syn. by Kovařík, 2004: 5).

Type species: Orthodactylus olivaceus Karsch, 1881 = Orthochirus scrobiculosus (Grube, 1873) .

Diagnosis: Dorsal trichobothria of femur arranged in β- configuration. Trichobothrium d 2 of pedipalp femur absent on dorsal surface. Trichobothrium d 3 of pedipalp patella located internally of DMc carina. Tibial spurs present on legs III and IV. Pectines with fulcra and densely hirsute. Movable fingers of pedipalps with 7–10 rows of granules and 2–5 distal granules. Carapace in lateral view distinctly inclined downward from median eyes to anterior margin. First and second metasomal segments with carinae. Metasomal segments IV and V ventrally punctated. Telson elongate, aculeus as long or longer than vesicle. Total length under 60 mm.