Leiurus abdullahbayrami (Yagmur, Koc & Kunt, 2009)

Leiurus abdullahbayrami (Yagmur, Koc & Kunt, 2009)

Figures 2–3: Leiurus abdullahbayrami sp. nov. 2 (top). In a natural habitat (Yukarı Habip Village, Birecik District, Şanlıurfa
Province). 3 (bottom). In captivity (a specimen from Gaziantep Province).

Figure 4: Leiurus abdullahbayrami sp. nov. male holotype (left) and a female paratype (Gökçay Village, Adıyaman Province)
(right)

Figure 12–13: Leiurus abdullahbayrami sp. nov., coxosternal area. 12. Female paratype (Adıyaman Province). 13. Male
holotype

Figure 22: Leiurus abdullahbayrami sp. nov. color variation among three populations: Hatay Province (left), Şanlıurfa
Province (center); Gaziantep, Adıyaman, and Kilis Provinces (right).

Figure 23: Leiurus abdullahbayrami sp. nov. habitat (steppe area) (Türkyurdu Village, Nizip District, Gaziantep Province).

Figure 25: Leiurus abdullahbayrami sp. nov. habitat (scrub) (İncesu Village, Şehitkamil District, Gaziantep Province).

Figure 1: Sampling localities of Leiurus abdullahbayrami sp. nov. in Eastern Mediterranean Region and Southeastern Anatolia
Region, Turkey.

Fig. 1. Sampling localities of Leiurus abdullahbayrami in Syria and Turkey. [1-8: see Results]

Description of Leiurus abdullahbayrami: The background colour of prosoma, mesosoma
and segment V of metasoma is black, appendages are yellowish. Centrolateral and
posteriomedian carinae fused lyre-shaped form. Tergites I and II bear five carinae.
Trichobothrium db on the fixed finger of the pedipalp is located between trichobothria est
and esb. Fixed finger with 11 oblique granule rows. Movable fingers of pedipalps with 4
distal and 11 oblique granule rows. The ventrolateral carinae of metasomal segment V are
armed with large and rounded granules. The anal arch comprises 3 rounded lobes
laterally and 6 small lobes posteriorly. Sternites IV-VI are smooth. The pedipalp average
length/width ratio is 4.54 in the male and 4.49 in the two females. Leg I-IV with short
spines on the ventral side of tarsus. Basitarsus of legs I-III with bristlecombs, basitarsus
of legs IV without bristlecombs. Measurements of specimens of L. abdullahbayrami from
Al-Sankari Village and Abd Al-Aziz Mountain are given in Table (1). Pectinal tooth
counts in male 37-38, in females 30-31 and 34-34.

REF-

Leiurus abdullahbayrami (Scorpiones: Buthidae),
a new species for the scorpion fauna of Syria

Description of a New Species of Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828
(Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Southеastеrn Turkey
Ersen Aydın Yağmur, Halil Koç, and Kadir Boğaç Kunt