Updated information about the distribution of the genus Orthochirus in Iran

 

Iran has a high scorpion diversity and is a hotspot for the genus Orthochirus Karsch, 1891 (Buthidae). Ersen Yagmur and co-workers recently published an article with updated information about the distribution of this genus in the country.

Abstract:
New locality records are given belonging to Orthochirus carinatus Navidpour, Kovařík, Soleglad & Fet, 2019 (Alborz Province), O. farzanpayi (Vachon & Farzanpay, 1987) (Fars, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and Lorestan Provinces), O. formozovi Kovařík, Fet & Yağmur, 2020 (Razavi Khorasan Province), O. gantenbeini Kovařík, Yağmur, Fet & Hussen, 2019 (Lorestan Province), O. iranus Kovařík, 2004 (Bushehr and Khuzestan Provinces), O. kucerai Kovařík & Navidpour, 2020 (Kerman Province), O. mesopotamicus Birula, 1918 (Khuzestan Province), O. navidpouri Kovařík, Yağmur, Fet & Hussen, 2019 (Ilam, Khuzestan and Lorestan Provinces), O. stockwelli (Lourenço & Vachon, 1995) (Fars and Hormozgan Provinces), O. varius Kovařík, 2004 (Fars and Kerman Provinces), O. vignolii Kovařík & Navidpour, 2020 (Yazd Province) and O. zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004 (Fars, Isfahan and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad Provinces) in this study. Among them following records are new province records: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and Lorestan for O. farzanpayi; Lorestan for O. gantenbeini; Ilam O. navidpouri; Fars for O. stockwelli; Fars and Kerman for O. varius and Isfahan for O.zagrosensis. Also, maps are prepared including new and old distributional localitiesand coloured habitus pictures of reported species of Orthochirus in this study.

Reference:
Yagmur EA, Mozaffari N, Akbari A, Moradi M. Contributions to the scorpion fauna of Iran. Part III. Records of genus Orthochirus Karsch, 1891. Serket. 2024;20(3):236-56. [Open Access]

Thanks to Hisham El-Hennaway for sending me this article!