Hemilepistus klugii

This species is different from the others in the arrangement of tubercles on the head. There is a large circle of eight tubercles in the middle of the head which may encircle no or few large ones, and a row of 3–5 large tubercles runs to the postero-lateral margins.

The type locality of this species is Caucasus (Brandt 1833). Lincoln (1970), by comparing the syntype material and other material from Caucasus, identified the specimens in Budde-Lund collection from Tehran as H. klugii. Examination of same material by G. M. K. and their comparison with new material from Iran resulted in no concrete decision on their belonging to two separate species. This is based on the similarity in arrangement of tubercles on the head and pereonites. However, due to their separate geographical localities, their situation as the same species remains a subject under discussion. Lincoln (1970) also assigned the specimens collected from Ashkhabad to H. klugii but examination of material revealed that they belong to H. cristatus.

Distribution. Caucasus, Azerbaidjan; Central Iran (c) Ghasem, M. et al. (2010)