Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part I. Khoozestan Province

Abstract

EDITOR: Victor Fet, Marshall University, 'fet@marshall.edu' ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Michael E. Soleglad, 'soleglad@la.znet.com'Euscorpius is the first research publication completely devoted to scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Euscorpius takes advantage of the rapidly evolving medium of quick online publication, at the same time maintaining high research standards for the burgeoning field of scorpion science (scorpiology). Euscorpius is an expedient and viable medium for the publication of serious papers in scorpiology, including (but not limited to): systematics, evolution, ecology, biogeography, and general biology of scorpions. Review papers, descriptions of new taxa, faunistic surveys, lists of museum collections, and book reviews are welcome.

Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part II. Bushehr Province

“…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, 1891Vachon, 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;Hendrixson, 2006: 38;Akbari, 2007: 76;Navidpour et al, 2008: 5. Prionurus crassicauda: Pocock, 1895Tullgren, 1909: 2;Birula, 1904: 29;Birula, 1905a: 120;Masi, 1912: 91;Penther, 1912: 110.…”

“…Figures 2, 23, 61-64 Simonoides farzanpayi Vachon & Farzanpay in Farzanpay, 1987: 162;Farzanpay, 1988: 41;Fet & Lowe, 2000: 223. Orthochirus farzanpayi Kovařík & Fet, 2006: 1;Navidpour et al, 2008: 14. = Orthochirus sobotniki Kovařík, 2004: 20 (syn.…”

A review of Orthochirus from Turkey, Iraq, and Iran (Khoozestan, Ilam, and Lorestan Provinces), with descriptions of three new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

“…Kovařík (2004) revised Orthochirus, described 11 new species from Asia, and defined eight major diagnostic characters for the genus. Among other publications focused on the Asian species of Orthochirus, we can mention primarily Kovařík & Fet (2006), and a series of papers on the scorpiofauna of separate Iranian provinces (Navidpour et al, 2008a(Navidpour et al, , 2008b(Navidpour et al, , 2008c(Navidpour et al, , 2008d(Navidpour et al, , 2010(Navidpour et al, , 2011(Navidpour et al, , 2012(Navidpour et al, , 2019Pirali-Kheirabadi et al, 2009) where the specimens were identified mainly according to eight previously defined characters. Recently, we have had an opportunity to study many other Orthochirus populations in detail; this new research indicates that there are other cryptic species present in this genus, and that the genus is rather paraphyletic.…”

A reanalysis of Parabuthus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) phylogeny with descriptions of two new Parabuthus species endemic to the Central Namib gravel plains, Namibia

“…The thick-tail scorpion genus Parabuthus Pocock, 1890, one of more than 80 genera in the diverse, cosmopolitan family Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837Kovařík, 2001Kovařík, , 2002Kovařík, , 2003aNavidpour et al, 2008), is near-endemic to the Afrotropical region. Parabuthus is of considerable interest to biologists for several reasons.…”