On the Morphology of Orthochirus stockwelli (Lourenço & Vachon, 1995) with First Description of a Female (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

Authors : Ersen Aydın YAĞMUR, Abolfazl AKBARİ, Mohammad MORADİ, Najmeh JAFARİ

Pages : 44-49

Doi:10.31594/commagene.1261019

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Publication Date : 2023-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Orthochirus stockwelli insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Lourenço & Vachon, 1995); was originally described based on male holotype specimen from Bandar-Abbas insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Hormozgan); under the genus Paraorthochirus. The morphology of this species is redescribed here based on the specimens collected from Bandar-Abbas on the basis of both sexes. The original description includes a female, but very little information was given on its morphology and does not include illustration belonging to the female. Therefore, the female is described for the first time in this study.
Keywords : Redeskripsiyon, İran, Hormozgan, Akrep