Androctonus sistanus, Barahoei and Mirshamsi, 2022

Androctonus sistanus View in CoL : Barahoei et al., 2022a: 202–208, figures 4–7; Barahoei, 2022: 40–42, figure 4.

Type locality

Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, city of Hamun, Koush-e Sofla village ( ZMFUM) .

Geographical distribution

This species is endemic to southeastern Iran (north of Sistan and Baluchestan Province) (Barahoei, 2022; Barahoei et al., 2022a).

Material examined (11 specimens including three female, seven male, and one subadult)

1♀ * ( ZMFUM), Sistan and Baluchestan prov., city of Hamun , 31°07′N, 61°37′E, 3 September 2018, E. Mirshekar leg. GoogleMaps ; 2♂ *† ( Figure S4 View Figure 4 ) ( RIZ) ( PP535691 ), 30°53′N, 61°23′E, 16 July 2022, H. Barahoei leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♂ * ( RIZ), 30°51′N, 61°25′E, 11 September 2023, H. Barahoei leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♂ † ( RIZ), Mirjaveh , 28°11′N, 60°41′E, 11 July 2022, F. Vahidinia leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♂ ( RIZ) ( PP535690 ), Zabol, 31°00′N, 61°30′E, 28 August 2023, H. Barahoei leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♀ * ( ZMFUM), Zahak , 30°51′N, 61°26′E, 20 April 2016, Z. Mir leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♂ * ( RIZ), Zahedan , 29°57′N, 60°53′E, 2 April 2016, N. Harati leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♂ * ( Figure 8), 1 subadult ( RIZ) ( PP535689 ), 29°00′N, 61°27′E, 3 July 2022, F. Vahidinia leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♀ * ( RIZ), 28°11′N, 60°41′E, 1 June 2023, F. Vahidinia leg. GoogleMaps

Diagnostic characters ( Figures 8 and 9)

Medium-sized scorpions, adult body length 60.9–64.9 mm for male and 48.7–77.9 mm for female individuals ( Table S1); overall color yellow, metasomal segments IV–V and telson black ( Figure 8 and S 4 View Figure 4 ); width of end of carapace greater than length, dorsal surface with dense granules ( Figure 9A), front margin with 7–9 very long setae; pedipalp segments relatively short ( Figure 9C), length of femur 3 times the width, length of patella 2.5 times the width, chela smooth and flat, manus wider than patella, finger length about 3 times the length of manus, movable finger with 14 or 15 rows of oblique teeth, with external and internal accessory granules and four terminal granules; beginning of mesosomal tergites smooth and granulated at ends, end of first to sixth tergites with three carinae, end of seventh tergite with five carinae ( Figure 9A), seventh sternite with four almost developed carinae ( Figure 9B), number of pectin teeth 26–29 in males ( Figures 8B and 9B) and 23 in females, in males tip of pectin reaches first half of fifth sternite and after the junction of the trochanter with coxa in fourth leg ( Figures 8B and 9B), but in females it does not reach this area; sternum pseudopentagonal type I, longer than wide; all metasomal segments sparsely setose, segment I wider than long ( Table S1), other segments longer than wide, anal arch with three toothed lobes in lateral part ( Figure 9E), ventral intercarinal surface of segments IV–V finely and sparsely granulated ( Figure 9D), telson elongated in both sexes, almost without setae, without subcaval teeth, ventral surface with ridges ( Figures 9D and 9E), dorsal surface smooth, telson depth/length = 0.42 in males and 0.46 in females, telson width/length = 0.33 in males and females ( Table S1).