Barahoei Hossein, Shahi Mehran
Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Agriculture Research Institute, Research Institute of Zabol, Zabol, Iran. E-mail:
Department of Medical Entomology & Vector Control, School of Public Health, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Hormozgan Health Institute, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. E-mail:
Zool Stud. 2024 Dec 25;63:e48. doi: 10.6620/ZS.2024.63-48. eCollection 2024.
Vachon, 1950, with nine described species, is a genus of digger scorpions in the Buthidae family, which can be distinguished by having large tooth-like processes on the ventrosubmedian carinae of the second and third metasomal segments. Morphological and molecular investigation of coastal specimens from the Hormozgan province in Iran led to the discovery of a new species named sp. nov. that is described here. It is closely related to morphologically. The new species has two large and conical tooth-like processes on ventrosubmedian carinae of the second and third metasomal segments, while has three or four medium to large tooth-like processes. Based on phylogenetic analysis using partial sequences, the new species is placed as a sister taxon of . Genetic differences with the other species of (mean = 0.107) confirmed the validity of this species.
瓦雄属（Vachon，1950年）有9个已描述的物种，是钳蝎科掘地蝎的一个属，其特征是在第二和第三后体节的腹亚中线隆脊上有大的齿状突起。对伊朗霍尔木兹甘省沿海标本的形态学和分子研究导致发现了一个新物种，即本文所描述的新种。它在形态上与[未提及的物种名称]密切相关。新物种在第二和第三后体节的腹亚中线隆脊上有两个大的圆锥形齿状突起，而[未提及的物种名称]有三到四个中等到大的齿状突起。基于使用部分[未提及的基因名称]序列的系统发育分析，新物种被置于[未提及的物种名称]的姐妹分类单元。与瓦雄属其他物种的遗传差异（平均值 = 0.107）证实了该物种的有效性。
