Leiurus jordanensis Lourenco, Modry et Amr 2002
Creators: name: Lowe, Graeme
name: Yağmur, Ersen Aydın
name: Kovařík, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Buthidae
Leiurus
Leiurus jordanensis

description: Leiurus jordanensis Lourenço, Modrý etAmr, 2002
(Figs. 85–86, 92L, 93L, 95B, 95D, 98–99, Tab. 3B)
Leiurus jordanensis Lourenço, Modrý & Amr, 2002: 637–641, figs. 2–7, tab. I.
REFERENCES
Leiurus jordanensis: Amr & Abu Baker, 2004: 238; Hendrixson, 2006: 82–84, figs. 17, 20a, pl. 12–13; Lourenço et al., 2006: 98, 100; Kovařík, 2007: 140–141; El-Hennawy, 2009: 122; Yağmur et al., 2009: 1, 5, 7–8; El-Hennawy, 2014: 45.
TYPE MATERIAL. Adult holotype ♀, Jordan, NW of Al-Mudawwarah, 29°19'22.3"N, 35°59'24.3"E, ca. 700 m a.s.l., 14. VII.2000, leg. D. Modrý (MHNG) (not examined).
MATERIAL EXAMINED. Jordan: 2 subadult ♀, Wadi Ramm, 29°35'N 35°36'E, 27. V.2008, leg. P. Kabátek (FKCP). Saudi Arabia: 2 ♀, al- Tawil, 29°58'N 39°34'E, 2.XI.1984, leg. W. Büttiker (NHMB 179a); 1 subadult ♂, 1♀, al- Tawil, 29°58'N 39°34'E, 2.XI.1984, leg. W. Büttiker (NHMB 179b).
DIAGNOSIS (adult). Large Leiurus, 74–115 mm in length, carapace L 8.5–11.3 mm; carapace and tergites with variable fuscosity; metasoma I–IV yellow to fuscous; metasoma V dark except for posterior end, telson contrasting yellow; area of carapace between anterior median carinae smooth or with isolated granules; area between posterior median carinae with moderately deep median furrow flanked by arcs of fine or coarse granules; medial intercarinal surfaces of tergites II–III moderately shagreened; posterior margin of coxa III irregularly granulate; metasoma log, slender, metasoma II L/ W 1.75 –1.89 (♀), metasoma III L/ W 1.95 –2.19 (♀), metasoma IV L/ W 2.54 –2.64 (♀); ventromedian carinae of metasoma II and III with 31–36 denticles (4/ 4 ♀ carinae); metasoma V with slightly enlarged subtriangular denticles on ventrolateral carinae; pedipalps slender, patella L/ W 3.48 –4.00 (♀); leg III patella L/D 3.86–4.13 (♀); pectine teeth ♂ 33–37, ♀ 27– 31; pectines medium sized, pectine L/ carapace L 1.08– 1.10 (♀), mid- pectine sensillar margin L/metasoma I W ♂ 0.167 (subadult), ♀ 0.101 –0.126; basal pectine teeth of males do not overlap if anterior pectine margins aligned to posterior margins of coxae IV; pectine basal piece lightly to moderately shagreened in females; leg III basitarsus with 18–20 retrosuperior setae; pedipalp chela fixed finger with trichobothrium db distal to est; sternite VII with area between median carinae finely granulated anteriorly; sternite carination: males and females, sternite III with median carinae strong, granular, sternites IV–V with lateral carinae strong, granular, median cari-nae moderate.
MEASUREMENTS.
Female, al-Tawil, Saudi Arabia (NHMB 179) (mm). Total L 114; metasoma + telson L 67; carapace L 11.23, W 13.04, carapace preocular L 5.15; metasomal segments (L/ D /W) I 8.87/ 5.55/6.58, II 10.54/ 5.10/5.59, III 10.99/ 4.82/5.01, IV 12.09/ 4.26/4.58, V 13.60/ 3.78/4.25; telson L 11.64; vesicle L 6.32, D 4.17, W 4.19; pedipalp chela L 23.90, manus ventral L 7.70, manus W 3.30, manus D 3.78, fixed finger L 13.86, movable finger L 16.52; pedipalp femur L 12.88, W 3.34, patella L 13.55, W 3.81; pectine L 12.24, midpectine sensillar margin L 0.776; leg III femur L 13.23; leg III patella L 10.61, D 2.57; chela db–est distance (left/ right) 1.00/ 0.875; pectine teeth (left/ right) 27–29.
DISTRIBUTION. Jordan, Saudi Arabia.
description: Published as part of Lowe, Graeme, Yağmur, Ersen Aydın & Kovařík, František, 2014, A review of the genus Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with description of four new species from the Arabian Peninsula, pp. 1-129 in Euscorpius 191 on pages 99-101, DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2014.vol2014.iss191.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6505622