Kraepelinia palpator (Birula, 1903)

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Ezatkhah, Majeed, Kovařík, František, Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2011, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part VII. Kerman Province, Euscorpius 131 (131), pp. 1-32 : 9

Kraepelinia palpator (Birula, 1903)

( Figs. 6 , 9 , 10 , 33–36)

Buthus palpator Birula, 1903: 72 .

Buthacus palpator : Vachon, 1966: 210; Habibi, 1971: 43.

Kraepelinia palpator : Vachon, 1974: 950–951, figs. 235–239; Fet, 1984: 37–42, fig. 1; Fet, 1989: 82–83; Farzanpay, 1988: 38; Fet, 1994: 531; Kovařík, 1997a: 49; Kovařík, 1998: 112; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 154; Vignoli et al., 2003: 3.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Persia, now Iran, Kerman Province, between Sia-Kuhi (Godar-i-Sia- Kuhi) Pass and Bid (Kale-i-Bid) Springs , ca. 30 km NNW Ladiz “Ssarghad” (now Serhed); ZISP .

KERMAN PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED [7 localities]. Iran, Kerman Province , Kerman Province, Jupar road, 30°07'25"N 57°11'26"E (30.1236, 57.1906), 1819 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-29), V.2009, 3♂ 1♀ ( RRLS) , 1♂ ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi ; Shahdad, Dehghan Abad vil., 30°27'20"N 57°49'01"E (30.4556, 57.8169), 334 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-63), V.2009, 1♂ 2♀ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Ravar-Mashhad road, 31°21'44"N 56°50'08"E (31.3622, 56.8356), 1100 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-84), V.2009, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Ravar-Mashhad road, Yusef Abad vil., 31°20'51"N 56°48'21"E (31.3475, 56.8058), 1139 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-90), V.2009, 1juv. ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Jupar-Kerman road, 30°11'56"N 57°03'18"E (30.1989, 57.0550), 1778 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-109), VI.2009, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Jupar-Kerman road, 30°10'48"N 57°03'02"E (30.1800, 57.0506), 1788 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-110), VI.2009, 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Jupar-Kerman road, 30°07'25"N 57°11'26"E (30.1236, 57.1833), 1819 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-134), VI.2009, 1♂ 2♀ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Kerman Province (Birula, 1903: 72); Turkmenistan (Fet, 1984: 37).

Figures

Figure 10: Map of Kerman Province showing distribution of Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807), and Kraepelinia palpator (Birula, 1903) collected in this study.

Figure 6–7: Iran, Kerman Province. 6 (top). Ravar-Mashhad road, 31°21'44"N 56°50'08"E, 1100 m a.s.l.(Locality No. KE-84). Recorded occurrence of Kraepelinia palpator (Birula, 1903), Mesobuthus eupeus persicus (Pocock, 1899), and Mesobuthus macmahoni (Pocock, 1900). 7 (bottom). Baft, Rabar, Nanuk vil., 29°19'51"N 56°50'21"E, 2873 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-91). Recorded occurrence of Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861.

Figures 8–9: Iran, Kerman Province. 8 (top). Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Jupar-Mahan road, 30°04'04"N 57°12'28"E, 1885 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-112). Recorded occurrence of Odontobuthus doriae (Thorell, 1876) and Sassanidotus gracilis (Birula, 1900). 9 (bottom). Jupar-Kerman road, 30°07'25"N 57°11'26"E, 1819 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-134). Recorded occurrence of Kraepelinia palpator (Birula, 1903).