Taxonomical Study on Scorpions from Markazai Province, Iran

Scorpions are predatory arthropod animals of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida. They have eight legs and are easily recognised by the pai r of grasping pedipalps and the narrow, segmented tail. Markazi Province, the medieval Iraq-i Ajam, more recently Arak-is one of the 31 provinces of Iran and lies in western of Iran. There are limited studies of information scattered on Scorpions in Iran. In present investigation which has been carried out on scorpions in the Markazi province, different species of scorpions were identified and biological studies were carried out on them. The present research was done in different areas of this province and totally 53 scorpions were collected. According to scientific methods, the scorpions were captured then identified by used of identification key. In the present research, it was found that the species belong to two families, namely, Buthidae and Scorpionidae, sixgenera and six species.