Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57

82 M. Zamani, R. Vafaei Shoushtari, M. Kahrarian & M. Nassirkhani trochanter 0.33–0.34/0.20–0.22; femur 0.96–0.99/0.21–0.22; patella 0.69–0.72/0.21–0.22; chela (with pedicel) 1.50– 1.52/0.35; chela (without pedicel) L. 1.45–1.47; hand (with pedicel) L.0.68–0.69; movable finger L. 0.80–0.83. Leg I: femur 0.40/0.12–0.13; patella 0.22–0.25/0.11–0.12; tibia 0.31–0.33/0.08; metatarsus 0.20–0.22/0.06; tarsus 0.19/0.04. Leg IV: femur 0.19/0.11–0.12; patella 0.6/0.19–0.2; femur + patella 0.72–0.74; tibia 0.51/0.10–0.11; metatarsus 0.25– 0.26/0.07–0.08; tarsus 0.22–0.24/0.05–0.06. Remarks. The newly discovered females of Geogarypus shulovi in western Iran are morphometrically more or less similar to the types from Israel (Beier 1963) and the previously exami- ned specimens from Greece and Turkey (Gardini et al. 2017), e.g. the length of the pedipalpal femur is 0.85–1.00 mm, pa- tella 0.62–0.78 mm, chelal hand (with pedicel) 0.68–0.78 mm, and the movable chelal finger 0.74–0.90 mm ( ( ). The chela of the females from Iran is slightly longer than that of G. shulovi , e.g. in the newly collected specimens from Iran, the chelal (with pedicel) length is 1.50–1.52 mm ( ( ), while it is 1.40–1.41 mm in G . shulovi ( ( ) (see Gardini et al. 2017). It is significant to note that the pedipalp of the specimens from western Iran is also slightly larger than that of the types from Israel, e.g. in the female type, the pedipalpal femur proportion is 4.80× (0.91/0.19 mm), patella 3.70× (0.68/0.195 mm), and chela (with pedicel) 4.70× (Beier 1963). Despite this minor morphometric variation, the only other obvious difference is the position of trichobothrium ib which is located at the same level as est in the female type (see Beier 1963: fig. 7, below), and slightly proximal to est in the male type (see Beier 1963: fig. 7, upper), whereas it is situated distinctly proximal to est in the females from western Iran. Unfortunately, there are no published descriptions about setal shape located on the anterior margin of the carapace and the intensity of granulation on the fixed chelal finger, so these characters cannot be compared in this contribution. These small differences are not strong evidence for a dif- ferent species. On the basis of the carapace colouration (bico- loured, different coloured area less contrasted), the absence of wrinkles on the pedipalpal femur and patella, the pedipalpal shape, and the acuminate shape of the galea in females, the newly collected specimens from western Iran are attributed to Geogarypus shulovi which was previously reported from Israel, Iran, Turkey and Turkmenistan (Harvey 2013). Beier (1971) reported this species for the first time from Maku, West Azerbaijan province, north-western Iran (without gi- ving morphometric data), and the presence of G. shulovi in Lorestan province (western Iran) is a new provincial record for the species. Geogarypus shulovi can be easily separated from G. harveyi Nassirkhani, 2014, the only other species of the genus repor- ted from southern Iran, by the colouration of the carapace (in G. harveyi it is uniformly dark coloured or the posterior half of the carapace uniformly lighter in colour than the anterior half ) and the morphometric data [in G. harveyi , the pedipal- pal femur length is 0.69–0.84 mm and the chelal (with pedi- cel) length is 1.07–1.32 mm ( ( )] (Nassirkhani 2014, 2016c). Results Recent collections in Lorestan province resulted in a total of ten species belonging to three families: Olpiidae: Calocheiri- dius centralis (Beier, 1952), Cardiolpium asiaticum (Dashdami- rov, 1991), Cardiolpium bisetosum Nassirkhani, 2015, Minniza babylonica Beier, 1931, Minniza gallagheri Mahnert, 1991, Minniza persica Beier, 1951, Olpium lindbergi Beier, 1959 Menthidae: Paramenthus nanus Mahnert, 2007; Geogarypi- dae: Geogarypus harveyi Nassirkhani, 2014; Geogarypus shulovi Fig. 3: Geographical distribution of pseudoscorpions of the families Olpiidae, Geogarypidae and Menthidae in Lorestan province-western Iran: 1. Ca- locheiridius centralis (Beier, 1952); 2. Cardiolpium asiaticum (Dashdamirov, 1991); 3. Cardiolpium bisetosum Nassirkhani, 2015; 4. Minniza babylonica Beier, 1931; 5. Minniza gallagheri Mahnert, 1991; 6. Minniza persica Beier, 1951; 7. Olpium lindbergi Beier, 1959; 8. Paramenthus nanus Mahnert, 2007; 9. Geogary- pus harveyi Nassirkhani, 2014; 10. Geogarypus shulovi Beier, 1963