title: Odontobuthus tirgari sp. nov. (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the eastern region of the Iranian Plateau .
abstract: A new species of scorpions in the genus Odontobuthus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) is described from Khorasan Province, Iran. Currently, Odontobuthus includes two species in Iran, Odontobuthus doriae Thorell, 1876, which is restricted to high elevations of the central Iranian Plateau and Odontobuthus bidentatus Lourenço & Pezier, 2002 from the Zagros Mountains. The results of morphological comparisons, univariate and multivariate statistical analyses and phylogenetic analysis of COI sequence data clearly confirm a deep split between populations from the eastern Iranian Plateau and O. bidentatus Lourenço & Pezier, 2002 and O. doriae Thorell, 1876. Therefore, according to comparative morphological and molecular analyses, a new species, Odontobuthus tigari sp. nov. (♀♂) was described from eastern Iran. This addition represents the third species of this genus from Iran.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran Zoological Innovations Research Department, Institute of Applied Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; Email: mirshams@ferdowsi.um.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Omid
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mirshamsi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Azghadi
authors.affiliation: Razi Reference Laboratory of Scorpion Research, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, P.O. Box 31975/148, Department of Venomous Animals & Toxins, Hesarak, Karaj, Iran; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Shahrokh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Navidpour
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran Zoological Innovations Research Department, Institute of Applied Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Mansour
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aliabadian
authors.affiliation: P.O. Box 27, CZ-145 01 Praha 45, Czech Republic; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: František
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kovařík
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D012605:Scorpions / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity