Odontobuthus tavighiae, NAVIDPOUR ET AL., 2013

Barahoei, Hossein, Prendini, Lorenzo, Navidpour, Shahrokh, Tahir, H. Muhammad, Aliabadian, Mansour, Siahsarvie, Roohollah & Mirshamsi, Omid, 2022, Integrative systematics of the tooth-tailed scorpions, Odontobuthus (Buthidae), with descriptions of three new species from the Iranian Plateau, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195, pp. 355-398 : 391-392

ODONTOBUTHUS TAVIGHIAE NAVIDPOUR ET AL., 2013

( FIGS 1–5 , 18 , 20E , 21E , 22E, TABLES 1–5)

Odontobuthus odonturus: Nejati et al., 2014: 19–220 (misidentification).

Odontobuthus tavighiae Navidpour et al., 2013: 3 , 13, 14, 21, figs 3, 10, 13–23; Azghadi et al., 2014: 169, 170, 172, 173, 175, 176, 177, 178, figs 1, 2j–l; Barahoei et al., 2020: 402, fig. 20.

Type material: Holotype ♂ ( FKCP), paratype ♀ ( RRLS), IRAN: Hormozgan Province: Lengeh Port , 27°08′06”N 55°49′17.5′′, 12 m, v.2009, Masihipour, Hayader & Habibzadeh.

Diagnosis: Odontobuthus tavighiae can be separated from other species of the genus by the following combination of characters. Scorpions of medium to large size, adults 52–67 mm (♂) and 45–79 mm (♀) ( Fig. 18 ). Colour yellow. Median ocular tubercle situated in anterior half of carapace, distance from anterior carapace margin, 0.34–0.38. Pedipalp chela movable finger long relative to manus ( MFL / ML, 1.69–2.06). Median denticle rows of pedipalp chela fixed and movable fingers each comprising 13 or 14 oblique subrows of denticles. Pectinal tooth count, 30–34 (♂) and 22–27 (♀). Ventrosubmedian carinae of metasomal segments II and III each with two pairs of tooth-like processes ( Fig. 22E ). Metasomal segment IV length to width (L/W), 1.60–1.95. Ventrolateral carinae of metasomal segment V with three or four prominent lobate processes; anal arch with three large lobes laterally; posteroventral margin of segment V with six reduced lobes. Telson small, narrow, length to width (TL/W), 1.89–2.28 and length to height (TL/H), 1.96– 2.35 ( Figs 20E , 21E ).

Distribution: Odontobuthus tavighiae is endemic to Iran and recorded from only two provinces: Fars; Hormozgan ( Navidpour et al., 2013; Azghadi et al., 2014; Navidpour & Mirshamsi, 2014).

Material examined: IRAN: Fars Province: Mohr , 27°31′N 52°54′E, 445 m, 13.iv.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, clay loam, one ♂, three ♀♀ ( ZMFUM) . Hormozgan Province: Hameyran , 27°01′N 53°43′E, 224 m, 12.iv.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, loam, one ♂, three ♀♀ ( ZMFUM) ; Lavar-e Khasht village, 10 km N, Hameyran–Parsian road, 27°09′N 53°26′E, 519m, 13.iv.2018; H.Barahoei,daytime excavation, two ♀♀ ( ZMFUM) ; Parsian, Behdeh village , 27°04′N 53°29′E, 11.xii.2007, 1 ♂ ( ZMFUM) ; Parsian , SE of Bando village, 27°19′N 52°52′E, 11.xii.2007, one ♀ ( ZMFUM) ; Parsian, Chahvaz , 27°05′N 53°28′E, 231 m, 12.iv.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, loam, six ♂♂, two ♀♀, two subad. ♂♂ ( ZMFUM) ; Parsian, Pishab village , 27°10′N 53°07′E, 106 m, 13.iv.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, loam, one ♂, two ♀♀ ( ZMFUM) .

Figures

Figure 1. Geographical distribution of the buthid scorpion genus Odontobuthus plotted on topography of the Middle East. A, known locality records obtained from fieldwork and the literature. Circles with black or white dots indicate type localites of each species. B, localities of material used in molecular phylogenetic analysis (see Table 1 for details).

Figure 2. Boxplots of sex-corrected total length for species of Odontobuthus occurring in Iran.

Figure 3. Lineardiscriminant analysis (LDA) of38 metricand fivemeristic variables among18 populationsofOdontobuthus. Conspecific populations in same colour.

Figure 4. Neighbour-joining phenogram generated from morphometric Mahalanobis distance matrix of 18 populations of Odontobuthus. Conspecific populations in same colour.

Figure 5. Fifty per cent majority rule consensus obtained by analysis of partial DNA sequences of mitochondrial COI gene from Odontobuthus with Bayesian inference (BI). Nodal support values above branches represent posterior probability values from BI and bootstrap values from maximum likelihood analyses, respectively. Letters A and B refer to clades also recovered by Azghadi et al. (2014).

Figure 18. Odontobuthus tavighiae. Habitus, dorsal aspect (A, C), ventral aspect (B, D). A, B, ♀ (ZMFUM 1362). C, D, ♂ (ZMFUM 1364). Scale bars = 10 mm.

Figure 20. Odontobuthus. Metasomal segment V, lateral aspect. A, Odontobuthus bidentatus ♀ (ZMFUM 2061) B, Odontobuthus brevidigitus ♂ (ZMFUM–1438). C, Odontobuthus doriae ♀ (ZMFUM 2014). D, Odontobuthus odonturus ♀ (ZMFUM 1439). E, Odontobuthus tavighiae ♀ (ZMFUM–2074). F, Odontobuthus tirgari ♂ (ZMFUM 1398). Scale bars = 2.5 mm.

Figure 21. Odontobuthus. Metasomal segment V, ventral aspect. A, Odontobuthus bidentatus ♀ (ZMFUM 2061) B, Odontobuthus brevidigitus ♂ (ZMFUM 1438). C, Odontobuthus doriae ♀ (ZMFUM 2014). D, Odontobuthus odonturus ♀ (ZMFUM–1439). E, Odontobuthus tavighiae ♀ (ZMFUM 2074). F, Odontobuthus tirgari ♂ (ZMFUM 1398). Scale bars = 2.5 mm.

Figure 22. Odontobuthus. Metasomal segments II and III, lateral aspect. A, Odontobuthus bidentatus ♀ (ZMFUM 2061). B, Odontobuthus brevidigitus ♂ (ZMFUM 1438). C, Odontobuthus doriae ♀ (ZMFUM 2014). D, Odontobuthus odonturus ♀ (ZMFUM 1439).E, Odontobuthus tavighiae ♀ (ZMFUM 2074).F, Odontobuthus tirgari ♂ (ZMFUM 1398).Scale bars = 2.5 mm.