Odontobuthus bidentatus Lourenco & Pezier 2002

ODONTOBUTHUS BIDENTATUS LOURENÇO & PÉZIER, 2002 (FIGS 1–5, 15A–D, 20A, 21A, 22A, TABLES 1–5) Odontobuthus doriae: Habibi, 1971: 44; Farzanpay, 1987: 154–156; Farzanpay, 1990: 7; Akbari et al., 1997:112; Kovařík, 1997:47, 49, figs 11–13; Pooladgar, 1999: 176. Odontobuthus bidentatus Lourenço & Pézier, 2002: 118–122, figs 1–27; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 3, 5, 13–14, 28, figs 18, 22, 52–55; 2008b: 1, 3, 15, 21, figs 33–36; 2008c: 3, 11–12, 17, figs 21–24; 2008d: 3, 7–8, 14, figs 27–30; Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 1, 3, 9–10, 13, fig. 10; Lowe, 2010: 1, 5, 15, 16, 17, figs 31, 32, 43, 44, 45–48, 51–55, 58, 59, 60–63; Navidpour et al., 2011: 3, 13, 22, figs 5, 8, 16, 21–24; Karataş et al., 2012: 116; Navidpour et al., 2012: 3, 14, 23, figs 2, 4, 5, 11, 25, 26; Mirshamsi et al., 2013: 153–160, 168, figs 1–3; Azghadi et al., 2014: 169–170, 172–173, 176–178, figs 1, 2g –i; Kassiri et al., 2015: 101; Ahmadi et al., 2016: 1568; Sharifinia et al., 2017: 243, 245, 246; Nejati et al., 2018: 7141, 7142; Barahoei et al., 2020: 399, 400, figs 18, 20. Type material: Holotype ♂ (MHNG), IRAQ: Khanagin-Dyala, 180 km N of Baghdad, ii.1964, G. Pringle. Diagnosis: Odontobuthus bidentatus may be separated from other species of the genus by the following combination of characters. Scorpions of medium to large size, adults 51–76 mm (♂) and 56–83 mm (♀) (Fig. 15). Colour yellow. Median ocular tubercle situated in anterior half of carapace, distance from anterior carapace margin, 0.32–0.37. Pedipalp chela movable finger long relative to manus (MFL / ML, 1.93–2.51). Median denticle rows of pedipalp chela fixed and movable fingers each comprising 13 or 14 oblique subrows of denticles. Pectinal tooth count, 33–35 (♂) and 24–29 (♀). Ventrosubmedian carinae of metasomal segments II and III each with two to three pairs of prominent tooth-like processes (Fig. 22A). Metasomal segment IV length to width (L/W), 1.67–2.09. Ventrolateral carinae of metasomal segment V with three or four prominent lobate processes; anal arch with three prominent lobes laterally; posteroventral margin of metasomal segment V with four reduced lobes. Telson small, narrow, length to width (TL/W), 1.94–2.27 and length to height (TL/H), 2.00–2.43 (Figs 20A, 21A). Table 4. Continued Distribution: Odontobuthus bidentatus has been recorded in Iraq (Lourenço & Pézier, 2002) and five provinces of Iran: Bushehr; Fars; Ilam; Khuzestan; Kohgilouyeh and Boyer Ahmad (Habibi, 1971; Farzanpay, 1987, 1990; Akbari et al., 1997; Kovařík, 1997; Pooladgar, 1999; Lourenço & Pézier, 2002; Navidpour et al., 2008a, 2008b, 2008c, 2008 d, 2012; Lowe, 2010; Karataş et al., 2012; Azghadi et al., 2014; Kassiri et al., 2015; Ahmadi et al., 2016; Sharifinia et al., 2017; Nejati et al., 2018). Material examined: IRAN: Bushehr Province: Abdan, 28°09′N 51°39′E, 108 m, 14.iv.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, loam, one ♀ (ZMFUM); Bushehr to Dayer road, Jeirani village, 27°51′N 51°46′E, xi.2007, B. Masihipour, H. Bahrani & A. Habibzadeh, Bu-22, one ♀ (AMCC [LP 11083]); Park Jangali-e Ameri, 20 km N of Deylam Port, 30°12′N 50°10′E, 44 m, 15.iv.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, silty soil, one ♂, one ♀ (ZMFUM); Tangestan, Farshanbeh, 28°53′N 51°19′E, 95 m, xi.2007, B. Masihipour, H. Bahrani & A. Habibzadeh, Bu-35.1, 1 ♀ [AMCC (LP 11084)]. Khuzestan Province: Baghmalek, 31°55′N 49°22′E, 185 m, i.2007, M. Kazemi, BA839/1, one ♀ [AMCC (LP 9702)]; Omidiyeh, 30°57′N 49°31′E, 23.iii.2007, H. Barahoei, two ♂♂, ten ♀♀ (ZMFUM); Sardasht, Tal-e Chega Oliya, 30°17′N 50°11′E, 44 m, 15.iv.2018, H. Barahoei, daytime excavation, two ♂♂, one ♀, one subad. ♀ (ZMFUM).
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 pages 369-371, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab030, http://zenodo.org/record/6599965
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