Orthochirus kucerai Kovařík & Navidpour 2020, sp. n.
Creators: name: Kovařík, František
name: Navidpour, Shahrokh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Buthidae
Orthochirus
Orthochirus kucerai

description: Orthochirus kucerai sp. n.
(Figures 88–127, 224, 228, 231, Table 2)
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TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE DEPOSITORY. Iran, Kerman Province, Sar Telo, Khajeh Askar Village, 29°10'01"N 58°16'27"E, 1155 m a. s. l.; FKCP.
TYPE MATERIAL (FKCP). Iran, Kerman Province, Bam, Sar Telo, Khajeh Askar Village, 29°10'01"N 58°16'27"E, 1155 m a. s. l. (Locality No. KE-27), V.2009, 3♂ 2♀ (holotype and paratypes,), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh & Ebrahimi; Deh Bakri, 7.-8.IV.2000, 29°05'37"N 57°55'53"E, 6422 ft., 1♀ (paratype), leg. M. Kaftan; Shahdad, 30°29'06"N 57°48'28"E, 331 m a. s. l. (Locality No. KE-116, Fig. 231), V.2009, 1♂ (paratype), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh & Ebrahimi; Deh Bakri, Gebal Barez Mts, 29°08'N 57°91'E, 2300 m a. s. l., 2.VI.2010, 1♀ (paratype), leg. W. Grosser; Jabel Barez Mt., Mijan, 25 km E Jiroft, 28°42'27"N 57°57'33"E, 1650 m a. s. l., 27.V.2014, 1♂ (paratype), leg. P. Kučera.
ETYMOLOGY. The species epithet is a patronym honoring Pavel Kučera, an entomologist and friend of the first author, the collector of one of the paratypes of the new species.
DIAGNOSIS (♂ ♀). Total length of adults 26–45 mm. Trichobothrium d 2 at pedipalp femur dorsal surface absent or reduced. Moderate to strong tibial spurs present on third and fourth legs. Pectinal teeth number 21 in males and 19– 20 in females. Movable finger of pedipalps with 8 rows of denticles, 7 ID and 8–9 OD. Dorsal carinae on pedipalp patella present and smooth. Metasoma V dorsal surface mesially smooth or with only several granules present. Metasoma I–II with 10 carinae, metasoma III with 6–8 carinae, metasoma IV–V with 2–4 carinae. Ventral carinae of metasoma I–III consist of irregular rows of granules. Metasoma IV–V ventrally and laterally with punctation developed; spaces among punctae smooth; metasoma II–III ventrally and laterally granulated and bumpy with punctation reduced. Entire tergites roughly granulate, at least in the male. Sternite VII finely granulated, medially smooth, with granulate carinae developed. Pedipalp, metasoma and telson very sparsely hirsute, rather glabrous. Tarsomere I of legs with 4–7 moderate bristles. Ratio length/width of metasoma V 1.18–1.26 in both sexes. Pedipalp femur length/width ratio 4.1–4.3 in male, 3.3–3.5 in female.
DESCRIPTION. Total length of adults 26–45 mm in both sexes. Measurements of the carapace, telson, segments of the metasoma and segments of the pedipalps are given in Table 2. For habitus, see Figs. 88–91.
Coloration (Figs. 88–91). Carapace, tergites, metasoma and femur of pedipalps and legs are black. Patella of pedipalps and legs yellowish brown to brown. Sternite VII black, other sternites yellowish brown with yellow median area in posterior margin of sternites IV–VI present. Telson reddish brown.
Mesosoma and carapace (Figs.98–101, 106–107).Mesosoma with a median carina and is roughly granulated. Carapace with carinae indicated, roughly granulated except smooth interocular triangle. The seventh sternite is finely granulated laterally, medially smooth and with four granulated carinae, the other sternites are rather smooth in middle, granulated in anterior and lateral parts. Pectinal teeth number 21 in males and 19–20 in females.
Metasoma and telson (Figs. 92–97, 108, 224). Metasoma I–II with 10 granulated carinae. Metasoma III–V lack lateral carinae, ventromedian and ventrolateral carinae are present on metasoma I–III, dorsolateral carinae are present on all metasomal segments but reduced to absent on metasoma IV–V. Ventral carinae of metasoma I–III consist of irregular rows of granules. Metasoma I–II are rather smooth laterally with several granules, metasoma III–V laterally smooth and punctate; granulation absent on dorsal surfaces of all metasomal segments except several fine granules on metasoma V dorsal mesially. Punctation on metasoma IV–V is developed ventrally and laterally; spaces among punctae are smooth. The entire metasoma and telson are glabrous; short, thin setae might issue from some punctae. Telson shallowly punctate and lacks granules.
Pedipalps (Figs. 109–127). Trichobothrium d 2 on the dorsal surface of pedipalp femur is absent or reduced; trichobothrium e 1 is situated in level with d 4. Femur of pedipalp with five granulate carinae. Patella has seven smooth carinae, and the chela has smooth carinae which may be discernible throughout the length of the fixed finger. The entire pedipalp only very sparsely hirsute. Movable fingers with 8 rows of denticles, 7 ID and 6–8 OD.
Legs (Figs. 102–105). Moderate to strong tibial spurs present on third and fourth legs. Femur with four partly granulated carinae; patella with five rather smooth carinae; tibia smooth. Patella with only a few bristles. Tibia with bristles on the outer side of legs I–II. Tarsomeres I of first to third legs with 4–7 moderate bristles; fourth legs usually lack bristles. Tarsomeres I–II of all legs with two rather irregular rows of bristles.
Measurements. See Table 2.
AFFINITIES. The described features distinguish O. kucerai sp. n. from all other species of the genus. They are recounted in the key for the Iranian species below. O. kucerai sp. n. is similar to O. zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004. In the key below, we used the difference in the shape of pedipalp femur. Another difference is in granulation of metasomal carinae: ventral carinae of metasoma I consist of irregular rows of granules in O. kucerai sp. n. (Fig. 97), and a row of large granules in O. zagrosensis.
description: Published as part of Kovařík, František & Navidpour, Shahrokh, 2020, Six new species of Orthochirus Karsch, 1892 from Iran (Scorpiones Buthidae), pp. 1-41 in Euscorpius 312 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4648532