Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part VIII. Fars Province

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

“…2-3, 5, 8, 10, 36-39;Navidpour et al, 2011: 17, figs. 14, 49-52;Navidpour et al, 2012: 17. Orthochirus farzanpayi: Navidpour et al, 2008a Other material from the region (Fig.…”

“…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.…”

Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part IX. Hormozgan Province, with a description of Odontobuthus tavighiae sp. n. (Buthidae)

“…3, 9, 13, 47-50;Pirali-Kheirabadi et al, 2009: 10, figs. 2, 11, 40-43;Navidpour et al, 2010: 15;Karataş et al, 2012: 117;Navidpour et al, 2012: 17, figs. 2-4, 12.…”

Two new Hottentotta species from Iran, with a review of Hottentotta saulcyi (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

“…The Charles University in Prague organized the first Czech Biological Expedition in 1996 (Kovařík, 1997), and Czech scientists still continue studying the Iranian fauna. The main comparative scorpion collections are the result of the field study by the team under Shahrokh Navidpour (see e. g. Navidpour et al, 2008Navidpour et al, , 2012Navidpour et al, , 2013. Other very important scorpion collections were made by the team directed by one of the authors, Mohammed Moradi.…”

“…52-56 versus 46-51).The Fars Province of Iran creates the southern boundary of H. saulcyi range in Iran (fig. 8inNavidpour et al, 2012), while H. navidpouri sp. n. was found only in Hormozgan Province (fig.…”