taxonID	type	format	identifier	references	title	description	created	creator	contributor	publisher	audience	source	license	rightsHolder	datasetID
03C9CC7F6F43B4279538F95E2A936AC3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449821/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449821	Figures 1–4: Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province. Figures 1–2. Male, dorsal (1) and ventral (2) views. Figures 3–4. Female, dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.	Figures 1–4: Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province. Figures 1–2. Male, dorsal (1) and ventral (2) views. Figures 3–4. Female, dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
03C9CC7F6F43B4279538F95E2A936AC3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449825/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449825	Figures 5–8: Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province. Figure 5–6. Carapace and mesosoma in dorsal view, male (5) and female (6). Figure 7–8. Sternopectinal area and sternites, male (7) and female (8).	Figures 5–8: Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province. Figure 5–6. Carapace and mesosoma in dorsal view, male (5) and female (6). Figure 7–8. Sternopectinal area and sternites, male (7) and female (8).	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
03C9CC7F6F43B4279538F95E2A936AC3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449827/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449827	Figures 9–12: Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province. Figure 9–10. Carapace, male (9) and female (10). Figure 11–12. Sternopectinal area, male (11) and female (12).	Figures 9–12: Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province. Figure 9–10. Carapace, male (9) and female (10). Figure 11–12. Sternopectinal area, male (11) and female (12).	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
03C9CC7F6F43B4279538F95E2A936AC3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449833/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449833	Figures 13–19. Mesobuthus mesopotamicus, male from Mosul Province, pedipalp segments. Chela ventral (13), external (14) and dorsal (15) views. Pedipalp ventral (16), dorsal (17). Fixed (18) and movable (19) fingers dentition. Trichobothrial pattern is indicated by red circles (13–17).	Figures 13–19. Mesobuthus mesopotamicus, male from Mosul Province, pedipalp segments. Chela ventral (13), external (14) and dorsal (15) views. Pedipalp ventral (16), dorsal (17). Fixed (18) and movable (19) fingers dentition. Trichobothrial pattern is indicated by red circles (13–17).	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
03C9CC7F6F43B4279538F95E2A936AC3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449839/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449839	Figures 20–26. Mesobuthus mesopotamicus, female from Mosul Province, pedipalp segments. Chela ventral (20), external (21) and dorsal (22) views. Pedipalp ventral (23), dorsal (24). Fixed (25) and movable (26) fingers dentition.Trichobothrial pattern is indicated by red circles (20–24).	Figures 20–26. Mesobuthus mesopotamicus, female from Mosul Province, pedipalp segments. Chela ventral (20), external (21) and dorsal (22) views. Pedipalp ventral (23), dorsal (24). Fixed (25) and movable (26) fingers dentition.Trichobothrial pattern is indicated by red circles (20–24).	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
03C9CC7F6F43B4279538F95E2A936AC3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449843/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449843	Figures 27–36: Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province, metasoma and telson. Figures 27–28: Ventral view, male (27) and female (28). Figures 29–30: Dorsal view, male (29) and female (30). Figures 31–32: Lateral view, male (31) and female (32). Figures 33–34: Lateral view of metasoma V and telson, male (33) and female (34). Figures 35–36: Dorsal view of metasoma V and telson, male (35) and female (36). Scale bar: 10 mm (27–32).	Figures 27–36: Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province, metasoma and telson. Figures 27–28: Ventral view, male (27) and female (28). Figures 29–30: Dorsal view, male (29) and female (30). Figures 31–32: Lateral view, male (31) and female (32). Figures 33–34: Lateral view of metasoma V and telson, male (33) and female (34). Figures 35–36: Dorsal view of metasoma V and telson, male (35) and female (36). Scale bar: 10 mm (27–32).	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
03C9CC7F6F43B4279538F95E2A936AC3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449847/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449847	Figures 37. Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province, tibia, basitarsus and tarsus of right legs I–IV (Top row male, bottom row female).	Figures 37. Mesobuthus mesopotamicus from Mosul Province, tibia, basitarsus and tarsus of right legs I–IV (Top row male, bottom row female).	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
03C9CC7F6F4DB43496D2FABA2CE46A7F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449853/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449853	Figures 39–42: Mesobuthus faiki sp. n. Figures 39–40. Male holotype, dorsal (39) and ventral (40) views. Figures 41–42. Female paratype from İncesu Village, dorsal (41) and ventral (42) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.	Figures 39–42: Mesobuthus faiki sp. n. Figures 39–40. Male holotype, dorsal (39) and ventral (40) views. Figures 41–42. Female paratype from İncesu Village, dorsal (41) and ventral (42) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
03C9CC7F6F4DB43496D2FABA2CE46A7F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449855/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449855	Figures 43–46: Mesobuthus faiki sp. n. Figure 43–44. Carapace and mesosoma in dorsal view, male holotype (43) and female paratype (44). Figure 45–46. Sternopectinal area and sternites, male holotype (45) and female paratype from İncesu Village (46).	Figures 43–46: Mesobuthus faiki sp. n. Figure 43–44. Carapace and mesosoma in dorsal view, male holotype (43) and female paratype (44). Figure 45–46. Sternopectinal area and sternites, male holotype (45) and female paratype from İncesu Village (46).	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
03C9CC7F6F4DB43496D2FABA2CE46A7F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449863/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449863	Figures 47–50: Mesobuthus faiki sp. n. Figure 47–48. Carapace, male holotype (47) and female paratype from İncesu Village (48). Figure 11–12. Sternopectinal area, male holotype (49) and female from İncesu Village (50).	Figures 47–50: Mesobuthus faiki sp. n. Figure 47–48. Carapace, male holotype (47) and female paratype from İncesu Village (48). Figure 11–12. Sternopectinal area, male holotype (49) and female from İncesu Village (50).	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
03C9CC7F6F4DB43496D2FABA2CE46A7F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449868/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449868	Figures 51–57. Mesobuthus faiki sp. n., pedipalp segments of male holotype. Chela ventral (51), external (52) and dorsal (53) views. Pedipalp ventral (54), dorsal (55). Fixed (56) and movable (57) fingers dentition. Trichobothrial pattern is indicated by red circles (51–55).	Figures 51–57. Mesobuthus faiki sp. n., pedipalp segments of male holotype. Chela ventral (51), external (52) and dorsal (53) views. Pedipalp ventral (54), dorsal (55). Fixed (56) and movable (57) fingers dentition. Trichobothrial pattern is indicated by red circles (51–55).	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
03C9CC7F6F4DB43496D2FABA2CE46A7F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449872/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449872	Figures 58–64. Mesobuthus faiki sp. n., pedipalp segments of female paratype from İncesu Village. Chela ventral (58), external (59) and dorsal (60) views. Pedipalp ventral (61), dorsal (62). Fixed (63) and movable (64) fingers dentition. Trichobothrial pattern is indicated by red circles (58–62).	Figures 58–64. Mesobuthus faiki sp. n., pedipalp segments of female paratype from İncesu Village. Chela ventral (58), external (59) and dorsal (60) views. Pedipalp ventral (61), dorsal (62). Fixed (63) and movable (64) fingers dentition. Trichobothrial pattern is indicated by red circles (58–62).	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
03C9CC7F6F4DB43496D2FABA2CE46A7F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449878/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449878	Figures 65–70: Mesobuthus faiki sp. n., metasoma and telson. Figures 65–66: Ventral view, male holotype (65) and female from İncesu Village (66). Figures 67–68: Ventral view, male holotype (67) and female from İncesu Village (68). Figures 69–70: Lateral view, male holotype (31) and female from İncesu Village (32). Figures 71–72: Lateral view of metasoma V and telson, male holotype (71) and female from İncesu Village (72). Figures 73–74: Dorsal view of metasoma V and telson, male holotype (73) and female from İncesu Village (74). Scale bar: 10 mm (65–70).	Figures 65–70: Mesobuthus faiki sp. n., metasoma and telson. Figures 65–66: Ventral view, male holotype (65) and female from İncesu Village (66). Figures 67–68: Ventral view, male holotype (67) and female from İncesu Village (68). Figures 69–70: Lateral view, male holotype (31) and female from İncesu Village (32). Figures 71–72: Lateral view of metasoma V and telson, male holotype (71) and female from İncesu Village (72). Figures 73–74: Dorsal view of metasoma V and telson, male holotype (73) and female from İncesu Village (74). Scale bar: 10 mm (65–70).	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
03C9CC7F6F4DB43496D2FABA2CE46A7F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449882/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449882	Figure 75: Mesobuthus faiki sp. n., tibia, basitarsus and tarsus of left legs I–IV (top row, male, bottom row, female).	Figure 75: Mesobuthus faiki sp. n., tibia, basitarsus and tarsus of left legs I–IV (top row, male, bottom row, female).	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
03C9CC7F6F4DB43496D2FABA2CE46A7F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11449851/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11449851	Figures 38. A map of distribution of Mesobuthus mesopotamicus and M. faiki sp. n. Red circle, type locality of M. faiki sp. n.; black circles, localities of Mesobuthus faiki sp. n.; blue circle, type locality of M. mesopotamicus; green circles indicate literature records according to Penther (1912), KovařÍk et al. (2011, 2022), Pringle (1960), Al-Azawi (2016), Morad & Al-Abbad (2017), and Hussen & Ahmed (2020); yellow circles indicate new locality records of M. mesopotamicus.	Figures 38. A map of distribution of Mesobuthus mesopotamicus and M. faiki sp. n. Red circle, type locality of M. faiki sp. n.; black circles, localities of Mesobuthus faiki sp. n.; blue circle, type locality of M. mesopotamicus; green circles indicate literature records according to Penther (1912), KovařÍk et al. (2011, 2022), Pringle (1960), Al-Azawi (2016), Morad & Al-Abbad (2017), and Hussen & Ahmed (2020); yellow circles indicate new locality records of M. mesopotamicus.	2024-12-31	Euscorpius;No.		Zenodo	biologists	Euscorpius;No.			
