Compsobuthus kaftani Kovařík, 2003

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 : 6

Compsobuthus kaftani Kovařík, 2003

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Compsobuthus kaftani Kovařík, 2003: 95 , fig. 1; Vignoli et al., 2003: 2 ; Vignoli, 2005: 85; Vignoli & Crucitti, 2005: 5, fig. 2b; Kovařík & Ahmed, 2007: 5.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran, Esfahan Province, Jafar abad SEE of Kashan, 33°55'N 51°53'E; FKCP .

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Esfahan Province, Jafar Abad SEE of Kashan, 33°55'N 51°53'E, ca 800 m a.s.l., 26-27.IV.1996, (locality No. 2 see Frynta et al., 1997), 1♂ (holotype) 1♀ im. (paratype No. 1) ( FKCP), leg. V. Šejna; 5 km N of Natanz, 6. IV.2000, 33°32'N, 51°52'E, alt. 1903 m a.s.l., 1♀ (alotype) ( FKCP), leg. M. Kaftan; Teppe-Sialk (Esfahan), 33°58'N 51°24'E, 1000 (–) m a.s.l., 2.V.1997, 1♂ 1♀ (paratypes Nos. 2 and 3) ( FKCP), leg. M. Kaftan; Emam Sadeh, 5.IV.2000, 2♀ ims. (paratypes Nos. 4 and 5) ( FKCP), leg. Jan Šobotník; Dodehak, 24. IV.2000, 34°07'N 50°37'E, alt. 1420 m a.s.l., 1♀ im. (paratype No. 6) ( FKCP) , 1♀ im. (paratype No. 7) ( CASC), leg. M. Kaftan.

KERMAN PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED [13 localities]. Iran , Kerman Province, Bam, Fahraj, 28°56'45"N 58°53'55"E (28.9458, 58.8999), 658 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. KE-22), IV.2009, 2♂ 4♀ 2juvs. ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Bam-Fahraj road, 28°56'05"N 58°52'48"E (28.9347, 58.8800), 688 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-23), IV.2009, 6♂ 10♀ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Bam, Sar Telo, Khajeh Askar Vill., 29°10'01"N 58°16'27"E (29.1670, 58.2742), 1155 m a.s.l.. (Locality No. KE-27), V.2009, 3♂ 3 ♀ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi ; Kerman, 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, 1♂ ( RRLS) , 3♂ ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Zarand, 30°47'42"N 56° 35'19"E (30.9856, 56.5889), 1678 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-36), V.2009, 1♂ 2♀ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Zarand-Kerman road, 30° 48'38"N 56°55'30"E (30.8106, 56.9250), 1688 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-37), V.2009, 1♂ 2♀ ( RRLS) , 1♂ ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Rafsanjan road, Zarand, 30°32'22"N 56°04'42"E (30. 5394, 56.0783), 1547 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-46), V.2009, 2♂ 2♀ ( RRLS) , 1♂ ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Shahre Babak, Marza, 30°01'43"N 55°05'41"E (30.0286, 55.0947), 1789 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-54), V.2009, 2♂ 1♀ ( RRLS) , 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Shahre Babak, Estabragh, 30°28'12"N 55°05'36"E (30.4700, 55.0933), 1768 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-56), V.2009, 1♀ ( RRLS) , 1juv. ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Shahre Babak-Herat road, 30°05'50"N 54°51'30"E (30.0972, 54.8583), 1700 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. KE-59), V.2009, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Jupar-Mahan road, Esmaeel Abad vil., 30°04'48"N 56°05'58"E (30.0806, 56.0994), 1835 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-107), V.2009, 1♂ ( RRLS) , 1♂ ( FKCP), 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♂ 3♀ ( RRLS) , 1♂ ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Jupar-Kerman road, 30°10'48"N 57°03'02"E (30.1533, 57.0506), 1788 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-110), VI.2009, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Esfahan Province (Kovařík, 2003: 95), Yazd Province (Vignoli & Crucitti, 2005: 5) and Kerman (first report).

Figures

Figure 11: Map of Kerman Province showing distribution of Compsobuthus kaftani Kovařík, 2003 and Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) collected in this study.

Figure 4–5: Iran, Kerman Province. 4 (top). Rafsanjan road, Zarand, 30°32'22"N 56°04'42"E, 1547 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE- 46). Recorded occurrence of Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807), Compsobuthus kaftani Kovařík, 2003, Mesobuthus macmahoni (Pocock, 1900), and Polisius persicus Fet, Capes & Sissom, 2001. 5 (bottom). Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Sirjan- Kerman road, 29°28'55"N 55°42'13"E, 1790 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-60). Recorded occurrence of Odontobuthus doriae (Thorell, 1876).