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,
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(
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, 1929-1932, leg.
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,
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(
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),
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.
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EMENDED DIAGNOSIS.
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length of adults
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.
<location id="F3796054FFC7B579B65FF84BFC6B5DE7" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:7E0F8799FFC7B565B6C2FAF2FEF258D5:F3796054FFC7B579B65FF84BFC6B5DE7" box="[818,986,1941,1965]" county="Toopjieh village" latitude="30.659166" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="48.61222" municipality="District" name="Trichobothrium" pageId="13" pageNumber="12">Trichobothrium</location>
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFC7B579B68BF84BFC425DE7" box="[998,1011,1941,1965]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="12">d</emphasis>
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of pedipalp femur dorsal surface absent or reduced.
<location id="F3796054FFC7B579B6D4F86BFBBB5D87" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:7E0F8799FFC7B565B6C2FAF2FEF258D5:F3796054FFC7B579B6D4F86BFBBB5D87" box="[953,1034,1973,1997]" county="Toopjieh village" latitude="30.659166" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="48.61222" municipality="District" name="Median" pageId="13" pageNumber="12">Median</location>
tibial spurs present on legs III and IV.
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teeth number
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both sexes.
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and fixed fingers of pedipalps with 78 rows of denticles, with internal and external denticles and 45 subterminal denticles.
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carinae on pedipalp patella smooth.
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with 10 carinae, metasoma II with 8 carinae.
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ventrally punctate with ventrolateral carinae present on metasoma I II and partly on metasoma V; spaces among punctae smooth, without granules.
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metasoma smooth without granules, punctate and bumpy, only metasoma V dorsal mesially with several granules.
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VII rather smooth without granulate carinae developed.
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, metasoma and telson very sparsely hirsute, rather glabrous.
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of legs with bristlecombs composed of 56 bristles.
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<paragraph id="F619368FFFC4B57AB519F863FCC25DA5" blockId="14.[116,1477,1981,2032]" pageId="14" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFC4B57AB519F863FEB35D98" bold="true" box="[116,258,1981,2003]" pageId="14" pageNumber="13">Figures 7376</emphasis>
:
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<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFC4B57AB460F863FE755D98" box="[269,452,1981,2002]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="13">Orthochirus iranus</emphasis>
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.
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFC4B57AB730F863FD5A5D98" bold="true" box="[605,747,1981,2003]" pageId="14" pageNumber="13">Figures 7374</emphasis>
. Holotype male, dorsal (73) and ventral (74) views.
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFC4B57AB1B5F863FAD75D98" bold="true" box="[1240,1382,1981,2003]" pageId="14" pageNumber="13">Figures 7576</emphasis>
. Paratype female from type locality, dorsal (75) and ventral (76) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.
</paragraph>
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<caption id="A2D96607FFC5B57BB51CF87CFE905DBB" pageId="15" pageNumber="14" startId="15.[113,190,1954,1976]" targetBox="[131,1458,241,1927]" targetPageId="15">
<paragraph id="F619368FFFC5B57BB51CF87CFE905DBB" blockId="15.[113,1472,1954,2034]" pageId="15" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFC5B57BB51CF87CFEB35DFD" bold="true" box="[113,258,1954,1976]" pageId="15" pageNumber="14">Figures 7782</emphasis>
:
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<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFC5B57BB47CF87CFE7D5DF2" box="[273,460,1954,1976]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="14">Orthochirus iranus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFC5B57BB71DF87CFCB05DFD" bold="true" box="[624,769,1954,1976]" pageId="15" pageNumber="14">Figures 7779</emphasis>
. Paratype female from type locality, metasoma and telson, lateral (77), dorsal (78), and ventral (79) views.
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFC5B57BB4B9F861FDD45D9E" bold="true" box="[468,613,1983,2005]" pageId="15" pageNumber="14">Figures 8082</emphasis>
. Holotype male, metasoma and telson, lateral (80), dorsal (81), and ventral (82) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="F619368FFFDAB564B51CF86BFD6D5DA2" blockId="16.[113,1474,1973,2024]" pageId="16" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDAB564B51CF86BFEB15D80" bold="true" box="[113,256,1973,1995]" pageId="16" pageNumber="15">Figures 8387</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDAB564B466F86BFE735D81" box="[267,450,1973,1995]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="15">Orthochirus iraqus</emphasis>
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, male holotype, dorsal (83) and ventral (84) views. Metasoma and telson, lateral (85), dorsal (86), and ventral (87) views. Scale bars: 10 mm (8384, 8587).
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<subSubSection id="BEBC6504FFDBB565B51DFD56FEF258D5" box="[112,323,648,672]" pageId="17" pageNumber="16" type="distribution">
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DISTRIBUTION.
<collectingCountry id="8EB1761FFFDBB565B47CFD56FE8E58D5" box="[273,319,648,671]" name="Iraq" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Iraq</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="BEBC6504FFDBB565B5FDFD16FD3C5949" pageId="17" pageNumber="16" type="nomenclature">
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<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDBB565B5FDFD16FE5758A9" bold="true" box="[144,486,712,739]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Orthochirus mesopotamicus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="92374B7EFFDBB565B480FD17FD3358A9" author="Birula" box="[493,642,713,739]" firstAuthor="Birula" pageId="17" pageNumber="16" pagination="1 - 44" refId="ref11444" refString="BIRULA, A. A. 1918. Miscellanea scorpiologica. XI. Materialy k scorpiofaune nizhnei Mesopotamii, Kurdistana i severnoi Persii (Materiaux pour servir a la scorpiofaune de la Mesopotamie inferieure, du Kurdistan et de la Perse septentrionale). Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. - Petersbourg, 22 (1917): 1 - 44 (in Russian)." type="journal article" year="1918">Birula, 1918</bibRefCitation>
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,
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDBB565B7E3FD17FD0D58A9" bold="true" box="[654,700,713,739]" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">stat</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDBB565B7A7FD17FD6B58A9" bold="true" box="[714,730,713,739]" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">n</emphasis>
. (
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,
<figureCitation id="6E9D2A0AFFDBB565B4D1FD34FDE05949" box="[444,593,746,771]" captionStart="Figures 155169" captionStartId="28.[113,190,1879,1901]" captionTargetBox="[117,1459,234,1851]" captionTargetId="figure-171@28.[117,1463,231,1854]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="Figures 155169: Orthochirus, males, main characters used in the key of species. Figures 155157. Sternites IVV in UV fluorescence (top) and normal light. Holotype of O. fomichevi sp. n. (155), holotype of O. iraqus (156), O. mesopotamicus comb. n. from Iraq, Basra (157). Figures 158162. Metasoma V dorsal. Holotype of O. iraqus (158), holotype of O. iranus (159), O. mesopotamicus comb. n. from Iraq, Basra (160), holotype of O. navidpouri sp. n. (161), holotype of O. zagrosensis (162). Figures 163169. Pedipalp patella, dorsal view. Holotype of O. fomichevi sp. n. (163), holotype of O. gantenbeini sp. n. (164), holotype of O. iraqus (165), holotype of O. iranus (166), O. mesopotamicus comb. n. from Iraq, Basra (167), holotype of O. navidpouri sp. n. (168), holotype of O. zagrosensis (169)." pageId="17" pageNumber="16">157, 160, 167</figureCitation>
,
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDBB565B51DFCF5FD885908" box="[112,569,811,835]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Orthochirus scrobiculosus mesopotamicus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="92374B7EFFDBB565B72FFCF5FD455908" author="Birula" box="[578,756,810,835]" firstAuthor="Birula" page="35" pageId="17" pageNumber="16" pagination="1 - 44" refId="ref11444" refString="BIRULA, A. A. 1918. Miscellanea scorpiologica. XI. Materialy k scorpiofaune nizhnei Mesopotamii, Kurdistana i severnoi Persii (Materiaux pour servir a la scorpiofaune de la Mesopotamie inferieure, du Kurdistan et de la Perse septentrionale). Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. - Petersbourg, 22 (1917): 1 - 44 (in Russian)." type="journal article" year="1918">Birula, 1918: 35</bibRefCitation>
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, figs. 4, 19, 2426, 2730, 31, 97100, table 2; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 11, 8, 10, 5053.
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TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE DEPOSITORY.
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,
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDBB565B7EFFBE9FCB05E05" bold="true" box="[642,769,1079,1103]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Khoozestan</emphasis>
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, Karun River, Kut-e-Gazaie, camp of Sheikh Gazal near Ahvaz; ZISP.
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TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED.
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDBB565B4D8FB66FE585E9A" bold="true" box="[437,489,1208,1232]" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Iran</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDBB565B76CFB69FD4B5E85" bold="true" box="[513,762,1207,1231]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Khoozestan Province</emphasis>
, Karun River, Kut-e-Gazaie, camp of Sheikh Gazal near Ahvaz, 14.II.1904, leg. N. Zarudny, 1♂ (lectotype, designated here,
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; see Notes), ZISP No. 684. Paralectotypes:
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDBB565B448FAE6FEE85F1A" bold="true" box="[293,345,1336,1360]" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Iran</emphasis>
,
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, Shuster [now Shushtar], 22.III.1904, leg. N. Zarudny, 2♀, ZISP No. 683; Karun River, near Nasrie [now Naseri] and Ahvaz, Jebel-Tebe [now Jabal-Tube] hills, 25.II.1904, leg. N. Zarudny, 1♀, ZISP No. 685.
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OTHERTYPEMATERIAL(NOTSEEN).Paralectotypes:“Mesopotamia inferior”, now
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDBB565B47BF9C6FEF95C7A" bold="true" box="[278,328,1560,1584]" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Iraq</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDBB565B437F9C9FDB55C65" bold="true" box="[346,516,1559,1583]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Wasit Province</emphasis>
, Baksai, 5-14 (18-27). III.1914, leg. P. Nesterov, 1sbad♂1sbad♀, ZISP; Gengir [now Gangir] River, 31.III (13.IV).1914, leg. P. Nesterov, 1sbad♂, ZISP; upper Abi-Neft River, 7-8(20-21).IV.1914, leg. P. Nesterov, 1sbad♀, ZISP; Kanibis, 9(22).IV.1914, leg. P. Nesterov, 1♀, ZISP.
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OTHER MATERIAL FROM THE REGION(
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)EXAMINED.
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,
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, Basra (ca. 30°48'N 47°34'E), 2017, leg. Mohammed Morad, 5♂1♀, FKCP.
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDBB565B761F8EAFDF15D06" bold="true" box="[524,576,1844,1868]" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Iran</emphasis>
,
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, Dashte Abbas, Ein Saleh village, 32º25.24'N 47º43.86'E, 182 m a.s.l. (Locality No. IL-828), X.2007, leg. Navidpour, Masihipour &amp; Bahrani, 2♂2♀, FKCP.
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDBB565B713F84AFCB35DE6" bold="true" box="[638,770,1940,1964]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Khoozestan</emphasis>
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, Chogha Zanbil (Locality No. CH-95), 2007, leg. Masihipour, Hayader &amp; Bahrani, 1♂, FKCP; Shadegan District, Toopjieh village, 30°39'33&quot;N 48°36'44&quot;E (Locality No. SH-75), 2006, leg. Hayader &amp; Jahanifard, 1♀, FKCP; Shadegan District, Toopjieh village, 30°39'33&quot;N 48°36'44&quot;E, 33 m a.s.l. (Locality No. SH-1 to 4), IV.2007, leg. Navidpour &amp; Jahanifard, 15♂7♀6ims.1juv., FKCP; Omidiyeh, 30°57'49&quot;N 49°31'47&quot;E, 21 m a.s.l. (Locality No. A-OM-1), V.2007, leg. Navidpour &amp; Jahanifard, 1♂, FKCP; near Masdjedsoleyman, 31°38'40&quot;N 48°56'41&quot;E, 54 m a.s.l. (Locality No. A-ma 809), VIII.2007, leg. Navidpour &amp; Masihipour, 4♂2♀, FKCP; Shushtar (Locality No. SHO-014), VIII.2007, leg. Hayder, 2♂1im., FKCP; Hamidiyeh, 31°27'57&quot;N 48° 29'18&quot;E, 13 m a.s.l. (Locality No. A-Ham-812), IX.2007, leg. Masihipour &amp; Navidpour, 4♂1♀, FKCP.
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DIAGNOSIS. Total length of adults 2638 mm. Trichobothrium
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of pedipalp femur dorsal surface present, reduced or absent. Median tibial spurs present on legs III and IV.
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Metasoma IIII ventrally and laterally granulate. Dorsal surface of metasoma I with several granules, metasoma IIIV smooth, and metasoma V mesially granulate. Sternite VII granulate with granulate carinae present. Pedipalp, metasoma and telson very sparsely hirsute, rather glabrous. Tarsomere I of legs with bristlecombs composed of 47 bristles. Ratio length/width of metasoma V in males 1.18 1.24.
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NOTES.
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analyzed scorpion collections of the Russian zoologist Pëtr V. Nesterov (18831941) from Mesopotamia. An account of Nesterovs life, work, and tragic end in the Communist Estonia was recently pubished by
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. From February to August of 1914, just before and then during the outbreak of the Great War, Nesterov worked for the Persian-Turkish international delineation commission; he traveled along the modern border between Iraq and Iran, where he collected many valuable zoological specimens.
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Earlier, in 18961904, another Russian explorer, a great ornithologist Nikolay A. Zarudny (18591919), has collected many important scorpion specimens in Iran (then Persia), also published by A. A. Birula, and deposited in ZISP. In his description of
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<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDBB565B69FF92FFA705D43" box="[1010,1473,1777,1801]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Orthochirus scrobiculosus mesopotamicus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="92374B7EFFDBB565B642F8CFFC4F5D63" author="Birula" box="[815,1022,1809,1833]" firstAuthor="Birula" page="32" pageId="17" pageNumber="16" pagination="1 - 44" refId="ref11444" refString="BIRULA, A. A. 1918. Miscellanea scorpiologica. XI. Materialy k scorpiofaune nizhnei Mesopotamii, Kurdistana i severnoi Persii (Materiaux pour servir a la scorpiofaune de la Mesopotamie inferieure, du Kurdistan et de la Perse septentrionale). Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. - Petersbourg, 22 (1917): 1 - 44 (in Russian)." type="journal article" year="1918">Birula (1918: 32</bibRefCitation>
, 39) explicitly stated that this new subspecies included both Nesterovs 1914 specimens from “Mesopotamia inferior” (modern Iraq) and Zarudnys 1904 specimens from the modern Khoozestan Province of Iran, in the valley of the Karun River near Ahvaz (“Mesopotamia karunensis”).
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We designate here a male collected by Zarudny on 14 February 1904 (ZISP 684; the only adult male among the syntypes), as a lectotype of this taxon, which we elevate to species status in accordance with the current understanding of the genus taxonomy. A travelogue of Zarudnys four Persian expeditions has been recently published in English (
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). They list (p. 38) Zarudny
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDEB560B7FBF928FDA55D27" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">“reaching the Karun River mouth on 2 Feb[ruary] 1904. On the way back, a longer period was spend in Ahvaz, Naseri, Jabal Tübe and surroundings (1529 Feb).”</emphasis>
Naseri, where one of the paralectotypes was collected on 25 February, is a wetland located north from Khorramshahr (formerly Muhammarah), next to Karun River; in our map (
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), we used the coordinates for Naseri (30°45'31&quot;N 48°15'54&quot;E).
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.
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<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFD8B566B47DF865FD905D9B" box="[272,545,1979,2001]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Orthochirus mesopotamicus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="92374B7EFFD8B566B747F865FD155D9A" author="Birula" box="[554,676,1979,2001]" firstAuthor="Birula" pageId="18" pageNumber="17" pagination="1 - 44" refId="ref11444" refString="BIRULA, A. A. 1918. Miscellanea scorpiologica. XI. Materialy k scorpiofaune nizhnei Mesopotamii, Kurdistana i severnoi Persii (Materiaux pour servir a la scorpiofaune de la Mesopotamie inferieure, du Kurdistan et de la Perse septentrionale). Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. - Petersbourg, 22 (1917): 1 - 44 (in Russian)." type="journal article" year="1918">Birula, 1918</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFD8B566B7C7F865FD535D9A" bold="true" box="[682,738,1979,2000]" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">comb</emphasis>
.
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.
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, male lectotype, dorsal (88) and ventral (89) views. Original labels and registered card (90).
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<paragraph id="F619368FFFD9B567B51CF81AFC7C5DBD" blockId="19.[113,1474,1988,2039]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFD9B567B51CF81AFEB05D93" bold="true" box="[113,257,1988,2010]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Figures 9194</emphasis>
:
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<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFD9B567B463F81AFDAC5D90" box="[270,541,1988,2010]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Orthochirus mesopotamicus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFD9B567B749F81AFDED5D93" bold="true" box="[548,604,1988,2009]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">comb</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFD9B567B705F81AFDC45D93" bold="true" box="[616,629,1988,2009]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">n</emphasis>
.
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, from Iraq, Basra (ca. 30°48'N 47°34'E).
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFD9B567B160F81AFB2C5D93" bold="true" box="[1037,1181,1988,2010]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Figures 9192</emphasis>
. Male, dorsal (91) and ventral (92) views.
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFD9B567B58EF83FFEC35DBC" bold="true" box="[227,370,2017,2039]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Figures 9394</emphasis>
. Female dorsal (93) and ventral (94) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F619368FFFDEB560B51CFA56FD245C64" blockId="20.[113,1475,1416,1582]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDEB560B51CFA56FEBA5FD7" bold="true" box="[113,267,1416,1438]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">Figures 95110</emphasis>
:
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<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDEB560B47AFA56FD975FD7" box="[279,550,1416,1437]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">Orthochirus mesopotamicus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDEB560B741FA56FDD55FD7" bold="true" box="[556,612,1416,1437]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">comb</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDEB560B71DFA56FDCC5FD7" bold="true" box="[624,637,1416,1437]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">n</emphasis>
.
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, from Iraq, Basra (ca. 30°48'N 47°34'E).
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDEB560B17DFA56FBCA5FD7" bold="true" box="[1040,1147,1416,1438]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">Figures 95</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDEB560B1EAFA56FB2E5FD7" bold="true" box="[1159,1183,1416,1437]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">97</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDEB560B1C7FA56FB4C5FD7" bold="true" box="[1194,1277,1416,1437]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">100110</emphasis>
. Male, carapace and tergites IIII (95), sternopectinal region and sternites (97). Pedipalp chela, dorsal (100), external (101), and ventrointernal (102) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (103), external (104), and ventral (105) views. Pedipalp femur and trochanter, internodorsal (106) and dorsoexternal (107) views. Pedipalp chela, movable finger dentate margin (108). The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 101104, 106107 (white circles). Distal segments of right legs IIIIV, retrolateral views (109110).
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDEB560B7C2FA25FCAB5C5A" bold="true" box="[687,794,1531,1553]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">Figures 96</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="C4D2EA9DFFDEB560B64AFA25FCD25C5A" bold="true" box="[807,867,1531,1552]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">9899</emphasis>
. Female, carapace and tergites IIII (96), sternopectinal region and sternites (98), and pedipalp chela dorsoexternal (99).
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</caption>
<paragraph id="F619368FFFDEB560B60DF988FC135D47" blockId="20.[816,1474,1622,1934]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">
A travelogue of Nesterovs 1914 travel is given by
<bibRefCitation id="92374B7EFFDEB560B012F988FC1E5CC4" author="Birula" firstAuthor="Birula" page="2 - 3" pageId="20" pageNumber="19" pagination="1 - 44" refId="ref11444" refString="BIRULA, A. A. 1918. Miscellanea scorpiologica. XI. Materialy k scorpiofaune nizhnei Mesopotamii, Kurdistana i severnoi Persii (Materiaux pour servir a la scorpiofaune de la Mesopotamie inferieure, du Kurdistan et de la Perse septentrionale). Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. - Petersbourg, 22 (1917): 1 - 44 (in Russian)." type="journal article" year="1918">Birula (1918: 23)</bibRefCitation>
showing that Nesterovs syntypes were collected in March-April 1914 as his expedition traveled between Basra and Baghdad. We identified the first of his localities as modern Baksai in Iraq (32°53'00&quot;N 46°25'30&quot;E), included in our map (
<figureCitation id="6E9D2A0AFFDEB560B655F928FC225D44" box="[824,915,1782,1806]" captionStart="Figure 176" captionStartId="30.[113,181,1316,1338]" captionTargetBox="[124,1462,234,1300]" captionTargetId="figure-287@30.[124,1462,234,1300]" captionTargetPageId="30" captionText="Figure 176. Map showing confirmed distribution of Orthochirus in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran (Khoozestan, Ilam and Lorestan Provinces)." pageId="20" pageNumber="19">Fig. 176</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="F619368FFFDEB560B60DF8C8FB4A5DC4" blockId="20.[816,1474,1622,1934]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">
The dates of Zarudnys 1904 travels are given according to the Old Style (Julian) calendar used in Russia before 1918; the dates of Nesterovs 1914 travels are given in both Old and New (Gregorian) Style after
<bibRefCitation id="92374B7EFFDEB560B10EF8A8FB475DC4" author="Birula" box="[1123,1270,1910,1934]" firstAuthor="Birula" pageId="20" pageNumber="19" pagination="1 - 44" refId="ref11444" refString="BIRULA, A. A. 1918. Miscellanea scorpiologica. XI. Materialy k scorpiofaune nizhnei Mesopotamii, Kurdistana i severnoi Persii (Materiaux pour servir a la scorpiofaune de la Mesopotamie inferieure, du Kurdistan et de la Perse septentrionale). Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. - Petersbourg, 22 (1917): 1 - 44 (in Russian)." type="journal article" year="1918">Birula (1918)</bibRefCitation>
.
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<subSubSection id="BEBC6504FFDEB560B65DF868FA165D84" box="[816,1447,1974,1998]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="F619368FFFDEB560B65DF868FA165D84" blockId="20.[816,1447,1974,1998]" box="[816,1447,1974,1998]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">DISTRIBUTION. Iraq, Iran (Ilam and Khoozestan Provinces).</paragraph>
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