Compsobuthus kaftani Kovarik 2003
Creators: name: Navidpour, Shahrokh
name: Ezatkhah, Majeed
name: Kovařík, František
name: Soleglad, Michael E.
name: Fet, Victor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Buthidae
Compsobuthus
Compsobuthus kaftani

description: Compsobuthus kaftani Kovařík, 2003   
(Figs. 4, 11, 25–28)  
 Compsobuthus kaftani Kovařík, 2003: 95, fig. 1; Vignoli et al., 2003: 2; Vignoli, 2005: 85; Vignoli & Crucitti, 2005: 5, fig. 2b; Kovařík & Ahmed, 2007: 5.   
TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran, Esfahan Province, Jafar abad SEE of Kashan, 33°55'N 51°53'E; FKCP.  
TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Esfahan Province, Jafar Abad SEE of Kashan, 33°55'N 51°53'E, ca 800 m a.s.l., 26-27.IV.1996, (locality No. 2 see Frynta et al., 1997), 1♂ (holotype) 1♀ im. (paratype No. 1) (FKCP), leg. V. Šejna; 5 km N of Natanz, 6. IV.2000, 33°32'N, 51°52'E, alt. 1903 m a.s.l., 1♀ (alotype) (FKCP), leg. M. Kaftan; Teppe-Sialk (Esfahan), 33°58'N 51°24'E, 1000 (–) m a.s.l., 2.V.1997, 1♂ 1♀ (paratypes Nos. 2 and 3) (FKCP), leg. M. Kaftan; Emam Sadeh, 5.IV.2000, 2♀ ims. (paratypes Nos. 4 and 5) (FKCP), leg. Jan Šobotník; Dodehak, 24. IV.2000, 34°07'N 50°37'E, alt. 1420 m a.s.l., 1♀ im. (paratype No. 6) (FKCP), 1♀ im. (paratype No. 7) (CASC), leg. M. Kaftan.  
 KERMAN PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED [13 localities]. Iran, Kerman Province, Bam, Fahraj, 28°56'45"N 58°53'55"E (28.9458, 58.8999), 658 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-22), IV.2009, 2♂ 4♀ 2juvs. (RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Bam-Fahraj road, 28°56'05"N 58°52'48"E (28.9347, 58.8800), 688 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-23), IV.2009, 6♂ 10♀ (RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Bam, Sar Telo, Khajeh Askar Vill., 29°10'01"N 58°16'27"E (29.1670, 58.2742), 1155 m a.s.l.. (Locality No. KE-27), V.2009, 3♂ 3 ♀ (RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Kerman, Jupar road, 30°07'25"N 57°11'26"E (30.1236, 57.1906), 1819 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-29), V.2009, 1♂ (RRLS), 3♂ (FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Zarand, 30°47'42"N 56° 35'19"E (30.9856, 56.5889), 1678 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-36), V.2009, 1♂ 2♀ (RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Zarand-Kerman road, 30° 48'38"N 56°55'30"E (30.8106, 56.9250), 1688 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-37), V.2009, 1♂ 2♀ (RRLS), 1♂ (FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Rafsanjan road, Zarand, 30°32'22"N 56°04'42"E (30. 5394, 56.0783), 1547 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-46), V.2009, 2♂ 2♀ (RRLS), 1♂ (FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Shahre Babak, Marza, 30°01'43"N 55°05'41"E (30.0286, 55.0947), 1789 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-54), V.2009, 2♂ 1♀ (RRLS), 1♀ (FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Shahre Babak, Estabragh, 30°28'12"N 55°05'36"E (30.4700, 55.0933), 1768 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-56), V.2009, 1♀ (RRLS), 1juv. (FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Shahre Babak-Herat road, 30°05'50"N 54°51'30"E (30.0972, 54.8583), 1700 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-59), V.2009, 1♂ (RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Jupar-Mahan road, Esmaeel Abad vil., 30°04'48"N 56°05'58"E (30.0806, 56.0994), 1835 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-107), V.2009, 1♂ (RRLS), 1♂ (FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Jupar-Kerman road, 30°11'56"N 57° 03'18"E (30.1989, 57.0550), 1778 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-109), VI.2009, 1♂ 3♀ (RRLS), 1♂ (FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Jupar-Kerman road, 30°10'48"N 57°03'02"E (30.1533, 57.0506), 1788 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-110), VI.2009, 1♂ (RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi.   
DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Esfahan Province (Kovařík, 2003: 95), Yazd Province (Vignoli & Crucitti, 2005: 5) and Kerman (first report).
description: Published as part of Navidpour, Shahrokh, Ezatkhah, Majeed, Kovařík, František, Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2011, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part VII. Kerman Province, pp. 1-32 in Euscorpius 131 (131) on page 6, DOI: 10.18590/issn.1536-9307/2011v.2011.issue131.1, http://zenodo.org/record/12782766