Odontobuthus tirgari MIRSHAMSI ET AL. 2013
Creators: name: Barahoei, Hossein
name: Prendini, Lorenzo
name: Navidpour, Shahrokh
name: Tahir, H. Muhammad
name: Aliabadian, Mansour
name: Siahsarvie, Roohollah
name: Mirshamsi, Omid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Buthidae
Odontobuthus
Odontobuthus tirgari

description: ODONTOBUTHUS TIRGARI MIRSHAMSI ET AL., 2013
(FIGS 1–5, 19, 20 F, 21F, 22F, TABLES 1 –5)
Odontobuthus doriae: Vatani & Khoobdel, 2009: 10 (misidentification); Ramezani et al., 2010: 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, figs 2, 3, 5 (misidentification); Karataş et al., 2012: 116 (misidentification); Motevalli Haghi et al., 2020: 69–72 (misidentification).
Odontobuthus tirgari Mirshamsi et al., 2013: 153– 168, figs 1–41; Azghadi et al., 2014: 171; Navidpour & Mirshamsi, 2014: 112; Barahoei et al., 2020: 402, fig. 20.
Type material: Holotype ♀ (AMNH), one ♂, one ♀ paratypes (AMNH), IRAN: Razavi Khorasan Province: Gonabad, Borjook village, 1.ix.2012, O. Mirshamsi.
Diagnosis: Odontobuthus tirgari may be separated from other species of the genus by the following combination of characters. Scorpions of medium to large size, adults 44–75 mm (♂) and 50–77 mm (♀) (Fig. 19). General coloration yellow to yellowishgreen. Median ocular tubercle situated in anterior half of carapace, distance from anterior carapace margin, 0.30–0.40. Pedipalp chela movable finger long relative to manus (MFL / ML, 2.20–2.75). Median denticle rows of pedipalp chela fixed and movable fingers each comprising 13 or 14 oblique subrows of denticles. Pectinal tooth count, 28–33 (♂) and 19–24 (♀). Ventrosubmedian carinae of metasomal segments II and III each with three to five pairs of tooth-like processes (Fig. 20F). Metasomal segment IV length to width (L/W), 1.63–2.33. Ventrolateral carinae of metasomal segment V with three or four prominent lobate processes; anal arch with one small and two large lobes, sometimes presenting as two lobes, laterally; posteroventral margin of segment V with six reduced lobes. Telson small, narrow, length to width (TL/W), 2.22–2.81 and length to height (TL/H), 2.22– 2.71 (Figs 20F, 21F).
Distribution: Odontobuthus tirgari is endemic to Iran and recorded in four provinces: North Khorasan; Razavi Khorasan; Sistan and Baluchistan; South Khorasan (Vatani & Khoobdel, 2009; Ramezani et al., 2010; Karataş et al., 2012; Mirshamsi et al., 2013; Azghadi et al., 2014; Mir et al., 2014; Navidpour & Mirshamsi, 2014).
Additional material: IRAN: Razavi Khorasan Province: G ona b a d, Gh oz hd Jung l e, 3 4° 2 5′ N 58°44′E, 1035 m, 30.vi.2018, UV light at night, silty soil, H. Barahoei, two ♂♂ (ZMFUM); Gonabad, Kakhk–Ostad road, 34°07′N 58°46′E, 6.viii.2011, O. Mirshamsi, two ♂♂, six subad. ♀♀ (ZMFUM); Gonabad, Kakhk village road, 34°09′N 58°45′E, 1391 m, 15.vii.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, loamy sand, two ♂♂, two ♀♀, two subad. ♀♀ (ZMFUM); Gonabad, Marghesh village, 3 km NE of Kakhk, 34°08′N 58°38′E, 15.vii.2011, O. Mirshamsi, two ♂♂, seven ♀♀ (ZMFUM). Sistan and Baluchistan Province: Dasht-e Robat village, 30 km S of Khash, 28°04′N 61°19′E, 1382 m, 13.xi.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, loamy sand, one ♂, two ♀♀, one subad. ♀ (ZMFUM); Iranshahr, 30 km E, 27°13′N 61°03′E, 1605 m, 13. 2018; H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, loam, two ♂♂, one ♀, one subad. ♀ (ZMFUM); 40 km on Iranshahr–Rask road, 26°58′N 60°53′E, 975 m, 14.xi.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, sand; one ♂, three ♀♀, one subad. ♀ (ZMFUM); Iranshahr, Zimdan village, 26°49′N 60°58′E, 1390 m, 14.xi.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, loam, one ♂, one ♀, one subad. ♀ (ZMFUM); Khash, Dehpabid village, 28°25′N 60°54′E, 1643 m, 16.xi.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, loamy sand, one ♀, two subad. ♀♀ (ZMFUM); Khash, Karvandar village, 27°43′N 60°45′E, 1045 m, 2.iv.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, one ♂ (ZMFUM); Khash, Karvandar village, 27°51′N 60°45′E, 1230 m, 16.xi.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, sand, three ♂♂, two subad. ♂♂ (ZMFUM); Khash, Nouk Abad, Gowhar Kouh, 28°27′N 60°39′E, 1501 m, 4.iv.2019, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, clay loam, one ♂, one ♀ (ZMFUM); Mehrestan, 5 km E, 27°10′N 61°41′E, 1285 m, 13.xi.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, clay loam, one ♂, four ♀♀, two subad. ♀♀ (ZMFUM); Saravan, 5 km N, 27°25′N 62°17′E, 1206 m, 13.xi.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, loam, two ♂♂, two ♀♀ (ZMFUM); Taftan Mountain, surroundings, iii.2018, A. Zamani, one subad. ♀ [AMCC (LP 15795)]; Zabol, Sefidabeh, Palang Kouh, 30°49′N 60°34′E, 1175 m, 3.iv.2019, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, clay loam, two ♂♂ (ZMFUM); Zahedan, Cheshmeh Ziarat, Polki village, 29°31′N 60°29′E, 1714 m, 2.iv.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, sand, one ♂, six ♀♀, three subad. ♀♀ (ZMFUM); Zahedan, Manzel Aab village, 29°18′N 60°47′E, 1605 m, 24.vii.2017, H. Barahoei, UV light at night, clay loam, three ♂♂, one ♀, one subad. ♀ (ZMFUM). South Khorasan Province: Nehbandan, Chah-e Zard village, 31°32′N 60°02′E, 28.vii.2008, O. Mirshamsi, one ♂, one ♀ (ZMFUM); Nehbandan, Sahl Abad, 32°19′N 59°49′E, 1618 m, 14.vii.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, one ♂, two ♀♀ (ZMFUM); Shosf, 31°45 ′N 60°04′E, 1501 m, 14.vii.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, one ♂, two ♀♀ (ZMFUM).
description: Published as part of Barahoei, Hossein, Prendini, Lorenzo, Navidpour, Shahrokh, Tahir, H. Muhammad, Aliabadian, Mansour, Siahsarvie, Roohollah & Mirshamsi, Omid, 2022, Integrative systematics of the tooth-tailed scorpions, Odontobuthus (Buthidae), with descriptions of three new species from the Iranian Plateau, pp. 355-398 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195 on page 392, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab030, http://zenodo.org/record/6599965