Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Soleglad, Michael E., 2008, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part III. Ilam Province, Euscorpius 69 (69), pp. 1-29 : 3-5

Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)

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Scorpio crassicauda Olivier, 1807: 97 .

Buthus crassicauda : Simon, 1872: 247 (in part); Simon, 1879: 99; Kraepelin, 1899: 16; Pocock, 1902: 373; Kraepelin, 1913: 124; Lampe, 1918: 190.

Androctonus crassicauda : Kraepelin, 1891: 175 (in part); Vachon, 1951: 343; Khalaf, 1962: 1; Khalaf, 1963: 60; Habibi, 1971: 42; Farzanpay & Pretzmann, 1974: 215; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 17; Vachon, 1974: 909; Vachon, 1979: 31; Farzanpay, 1987: 141; Farzanpay, 1988: 36; Fet, 1989: 78; Sissom, 1994: 36; Al-Safadi, 1992: 96; Amr & El-Oran, 1994: 187; Dupré et al., 1998: 59; Kovařík, 1998: 104; Crucitti, 1999: 83; Kabakibi et al., 1999: 80; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 72; Stathi & Mylonas, 2001: 288; Kovařík, 2002: 5; Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 439; Vignoli et al., 2003: 2; Fet & Kovařík, 2003: 180; Kovařík & Whitman, 2005: 105; Lourenço, 2005: 149; Hendrixson, 2006: 38; Akbari, 2007: 76; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 5; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 3.

Prionurus crassicauda : Pocock, 1895: 292; Tullgren, 1909: 2; Birula, 1904: 29; Birula, 1905a: 120; Masi, 1912: 91; Penther, 1912: 110.

Androctonus crassicauda crassicauda : Vachon, 1959: 124; Vachon, 1966: 210; Habibi, 1971: 42; Vachon, 1979: 34; Levy & Amitai, 1980: 24; Kovařík, 1997a: 49.

= Prionurus crassicauda orientalis Birula, 1900: 355 ; Birula, 1903: 67 (syn. by Fet, 1989: 79)

Buthus (Prionurus) crassicauda orientalis : Birula, 1917: 93, 240.

Buthus crassicauda orientalis : Kraepelin, 1913: 124.

Androctonus crassicauda orientalis : Vachon, 1959: 124; Vachon, 1966: 210; Habibi, 1971: 42; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 18.

Androctonus amoreuxi baluchicus : Kovařík, 1997a: 39 (see Vignoli et al., 2003: 4).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Kashan , Persia (now Iran), Esfahan Province ; MNHN.

ILAM PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran , Ilam Prov., Murmury , 32º46.32'N 47º39.78'E, 566 m a.s.l. (Locality No. IL-819), X.2007, 1♂ 4♀ RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh ; Ein Khosh , 32º24.76'N 47º37.48'E, 130 m a.s.l. (Locality No. IL-826), X.2007, 1♀ RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Hayader & Bahrani ; Dashte Abbas , Ein Saleh village, 32º25.24'N 47º43.86'E, 182 m a.s.l. (Locality No. IL-828), X.2007, 1♀ im. RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Habibzadeh & Hayader ; Dashte Abbas , Seyed Falhi Village, 32º24.105'N 47º36.922'E, 115 m a.s.l. (Locality No. IL-829), II.2008, 3♂ 12♀ RRLS, leg. Navidpour, Habibzadeh & Bahrani.

DISTRIBUTION: Widespread in Iran, found in most provinces. Recorded also from Armenia (Kraepelin, 1899: 17), Azerbaijan ( Fet, 1989: 79), Bahrain (Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002: 439), Egypt (Fet & Lowe, 2000: 72), Iraq (Kennedy, 1937: 745), Israel (Simon, 1892: 83), Jordan (Amr & El-Oran, 1994: 187), Kuwait (Kettel, 1982: 6), Lebanon (El-Hennawy, 1992: 100), Oman ( Birula, 1917: 229; Hendrixson, 2006: 39), Qatar (El-Hennawy, 1992: 100), Saudi Arabia (Pocock, 1895: 292; Hendrixson, 2006: 39), Syria (Simon, 1872: 247), Tunis (Kraepelin, 1901: 266), Turkey (Pocock, 1902: 373), United Arab Emirates ( Hendrixson, 2006: 40), and Yemen ( Birula, 1937: 101).