Barahoei H.1, Mirshamsi O.2, Sanchouli N.3, Moghaddam M.G.4, Lehmann-Graber Ch.5, Monod L.5 2022. Review of Androctonus baluchicus (Pocock, 1900) with description of new species from Iran (Scorpiones: Buthidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.31. No.2: 197–212 [in English].
1 Agricultural Research Institute, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran. E-mail: barahoei@uoz.ac.ir
2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
3 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran.
4 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran.
5 Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C.P. 6434, CH-1211 Genève 6, Suisse.
doi: 10.15298/arthsel. 31.2.08
ABSTRACT. The genus Androctonus Hemprich et Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) is composed of 33 species and distributed in the Middle East and North Africa. Among these taxa, only Androctonus baluchicus (Pocock, 1900) and A. crassicauda (Olivier, 1807) are reported from Iran. Specimens collected from north of Sistan & Baluchistan Province (southern Iran) from 2016 to 2021 allow to re-assess the taxonomic status of Iranian species. Androctonus baluchicus is re-described and A. sistanus Barahoei et Mirshamsi, sp.n. described from southeast Iran. A. baluchicus is distributed in the Baluchistan region (including northwest Pakistan, southwest Afghanistan), whereas A. sistanus Barahoei et Mirshamsi, sp.n. is only known the type locality.
KEY WORDS: Fat-tail scorpion, Androctonus sistanus, new species, morphology, Sistan & Baluchistan, Iran.