František Kovařík

František Kovařík, Czech arachnologist.

• P. O. Box 27, CZ-145 01 Praha 45, Czech Republic

Personal collection of František Kovařík, Prague, Czech Republic

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 140 taxon names authored by František Kovařík

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1996

• Kovařík, F. 1996. Baloorthochirus becvari gen. et sp. n. from Pakistan, and taxonomic position of Orthochirus luteipes (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 60: 177–181. Reference page. 
• Schmidt & Kovarik, 1996. Nesipelma insulare gen. and sp. n. from the Nevis Island, Lesser Antilles (Arachnida; Araneida: Theraphosidae). Arachnologisches Magazin 4(6): 1–9. Reference page. 

1997

• Kovařík, F. 1997. Afroisometrus gen. n. from Zimbabwe (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 61: 35-37. Reference page. 

1998

• Kovařík, F. 1998. Three new genera and species of Scorpiones (Buthidae) from Somalia. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 62: 115– 124. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2000

• Kovařík, F. 2000. Revision of Babycurus with descriptions of three new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 64: 235–265. Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. 2000a. Revision of family Scorpiopidae (Scorpiones), with descriptions of six new species. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 64: 153–201. Reference page. 

2001

• Kovařík, F. 2001. Lanzatus somalicus gen. et sp. n. (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Somalia. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 65: 41–44. Reference page. 

2003

• Kovařík, F. 2003. Eight new species of Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 from Africa and Asia (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Serket 8(3): 87–112. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. 2003a. Scorpions of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia (Arachnida: Scorpiones), with a key and descriptions of three new species. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 67: 133–159. Reference page. 
• Vignoli, V. & Kovařík, F. 2003. A new troglobitic scorpion of the genus Taurepania Gonzalez-Sponga, 1978 from Venezuela (Scorpiones, Chactidae). Revista Iberica de Aracnologia 7: 127-131. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2004

• Kovařík, F. 2004. Parabuthus cimrmani sp. nov. from Somalia (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 68: 15–19. Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. 2004a. A review of the genus Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828, with descriptions of seven new species (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae). Euscorpius No. 15: 1-60. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. 2004b. Revision and taxonomic position of genera Afghanorthochirus Lourenço & Vachon, Baloorthochirus Kovařík, Butheolus Simon, Nanobuthus Pocock, Orthochiroides Kovařík, Pakistanorthochirus Lourenço, and Asian Orthochirus Karsch, with descriptions of twelve new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius No. 16: 1-33. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2005

• Kovařík, F. 2005a. Two new species of the genus Chaerilus Simon, 1877 from Malaysia (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae). Euscorpius No. 26: 1-7. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. 2005b. Three new species of the genera Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 and Scorpiops M. Peters, 1861 from Asia (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae, Scorpiopinae). Euscorpius No. 27: 1-10. Full arcticle (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. 2005c. Taxonomic position of species of the genus Buthacus Birula, 1908 described by Ehrenberg and Lourenço, and description of a new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius No. 28: 1-13. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2006

• Kovařík, F. & Fet, V.Y. 2006. Taxonomic position of the genus Simonoides Vachon et Farzanpay, 1987, and description of a new species of Orthochirus Karsch from Iran (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius 38: 1-10. Reference page. 

2007

• Kovařík, F. 2007. Leiurus nasheri sp. nov. from Yemen (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 71: 137–141. Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. & Ahmed, Z. 2007. Two new species of the genus Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 from Afghanistan and Pakistan (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius No. 53: 1-6. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2009

• Fet, V.Y., Soleglad, M.E. & Kovařík, F. 2009. Etudes on iurids, II. Revision of genus Calchas Birula, 1899, with the description of two new species (Scorpiones: Iuridae). Euscorpius 82: 1–72. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. 2009. Illustrated Catalog of Scorpions. Part I. Introductory Remarks; Keys to Families and Genera; Subfamily Scorpioninae With Keys to Heterometrus and Pandinus Species. Clairon Production, Prague, 170 pp. Reference page. 

2011

• Kovařík, F. 2011. A review of the subgenus Pandinus Thorell, 1876 with descriptions of two new species from Uganda and Ethiopia (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae). Euscorpius 129: 1–18. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2012

• Kovařík, F. 2012. Three New Species of Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 from Yemen, Jordan, Israel, and Somaliland (Scorpiones:Buthidae). Euscorpius 150: 1–10. PDF. Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. 2012a. Review of the subgenus Pandinurus Fet, 1997 with descriptions of three new species (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae, Pandinus). Euscorpius 141: 1-22.DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2012.vol2012.iss141.1. . Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. & Lowe, G. 2012. Review of the genus Neobuthus Hirst, 1911 with description of a new species from Ethiopia (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 138: 1-25. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2013

• Kovařík, F., Lowe, G., Plíšková, J. & Šťáhlavský, F., 2013. A new scorpion genus, Gint gen. n., from the Horn of Africa (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius 173: 1–19. Reference page. 
• Mirshamsi, O., Azghadi, S., Navidpour, S., Aliabadian, M. & Kovařík, F. 2013. Odontobuthus tirgari sp. nov. (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from the eastern region of the Iranian Plateau. Zootaxa 3731(1): 153–170. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.1.7 Reference page. 

2014

• Kovařík, F., Fet, V.Y. & Soleglad, M.E. 2014. Euscorpius yagmuri sp. n., a new scorpion species from Epirus, northwestern Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Euscorpius No. 193: 1-11. Full article (PDF). . Reference page. 
• Lowe, G., Yağmur, E.A. & Kovařík, F. 2014. Review of the genus Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with description of four new species from the Arabian Peninsula. Euscorpius 191: 1–129. PDF. Reference page. 
• Teruel Ochoa, R., Kovařík, F., Navidpour, S. & Fet, V.Y. 2014. The first record of the genus Anomalobuthus Kraepelin, 1900 from Iran, with description of a new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius (192): 1-11. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2015

• Kovařík, F. & Mazuch, T. 2015. Review of the genus Gint Kovarik et al., 2013, with description of two new species from Somaliland and Somalia (Puntland) (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 209: 1–23. Reference page. 

2016

• Kovařík, F., Lowe, G., Plíšková, J. & Šťáhlavský, F. 2016a. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part VII. Parabuthus Pocock, 1890 (Buthidae) with description of P. hamar sp. n. and P. kajibu sp. n. from Ethiopia. Euscorpius 228: 1–58. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F., Lowe, G., Ranawana, K.B., Hoferek, D., Sanjeewa Jayarathne, V.A., Plíšková, J. & Šťáhlavský, F. 2016b. Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Arachnida, Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972 stat. n.. Euscorpius 220: 1–133. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F., Lowe, G. & Šťáhlavský, F. 2016. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part IX. Lanzatus, Orthochirus, and Somalicharmus (Buthidae), with description of Lanzatus somalilandus sp. n. and Orthochirus afar sp. n.. Euscorpius 232: 1–38. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lowe, G. & Kovařík, F. 2016. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part V. Two new Species of Neobuthus Hirst, 1911 (Buthidae), from Ethiopia and Eritrea. Euscorpius 224: 1–46. Full article (PDF). Reference page. .

2017

• Kovařík, F., Lowe, G., Soleglad, M.E. & Plíškova, J. 2017a. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part X. Pandiborellius stat. n. and Pandinurus (Scorpionidae) with Description of Four New Species from Eritrea and Ethiopia, and Review of Pandinus Sensu Lato Taxonomy. Euscorpius 238: 1–103. Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F., Lowe, G., Mazuch, T., Awale, A. I., Štundlová, J. & Šťáhlavský, F. 2017. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XII. Pandinurus hangarale sp. n. (Scorpionidae) from Somaliland and a review of type locality and true distribution of Pandinurus smithi (Pocock, 1897). Euscorpius No. 253: 1–18. Reference page. 

2018

• Fet, V.Y., Kovařík, F., Gantenbein, B., Kaiser, R.C., Stewart, A.K. & Graham, M.R. 2018. Revision of the Mesobuthus caucasicus complex from Central Asia, with descriptions of six new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius — Occasional Publications in Scorpiology 255: 1–77. Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. 2018. A new scorpion species from Kenya, Gint childsi sp. n. (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 266: 1-9. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F., Lowe, G., Just, P., Awale, A.I., Elmi, H.S.A. & Šťáhlavský, F. 2018. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XV. Review of the genus Gint Kovařík et al., 2013, with description of three new species from Somaliland (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius 259: 1–41. PDF. Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F., Lowe, G. & Šťáhlavský, F. 2018. Review of the genus Babycurus Karsch, 1886 (Arachnida, Scorpiones, Buthidae), with descriptions of Barbaracurus gen. n. and two new species from Oman and Yemen. Euscorpius 267: 1-41. Reference page. 
• Teruel Ochoa, R., Kovařík, F. & Fet, V.V. 2018. Revision of the Central Asian scorpion genus Anomalobuthus Kraepelin, 1900, with descriptions of three new species and a generic synonymy (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius No. 270: 1-45. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2019

• Kovařík, F. 2019. Chaerilus alberti sp. n. from Malaysia (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae). Euscorpius 2019(274): 1–9. DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2019.vol2019.iss274.1 Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. 2019a. Taxonomic reassessment of the genera Lychas, Mesobuthus, and Olivierus, with descriptions of four new genera (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius — Occasional Publications in Scorpiology (288): 1-27. DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2019.vol2019.iss288.1. . Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. & Lowe, G. 2019. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part XVIII. Gint banfasae sp. n. from Somaliland (Buthidae). Euscorpius No. 272: 1-14. Reference page. 

2020

• Kovařík, F. 2020. Nine new species of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) from China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Euscorpius 302: 1-43. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. & Lowe, G. 2020. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XXIV. Leiurus (Buthidae), with description of Leiurus gubanensis sp. n.. Euscorpius 309: 1-19. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F., Lowe, G. & Elmi, H.S.A. 2020. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XXV. Description of Pandinurus awalei sp. n. and the male of Pandiborellius somalilandus (Kovařík, 2012), with remarks on recent synonymies (Scorpionidae: Pandininae). Euscorpius No. 322: 1-21. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F., Lowe, G., Stockmann, M. & Šťáhlavský, F. 2020. Revision of genus-group taxa in the family Scorpiopidae Kraepelin, 1905, with description of 15 new species (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Euscorpius No. 325: 1-140. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. & Šťáhlavský, F. 2020 . Five new species of Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from Albania, Greece, North Macedonia, and Serbia. Euscorpius No. 315: 1-37. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2021

• Fet, V.Y., Kovařík, F., Gantenbein, B. & Graham, M.R. 2021. Three new species of Olivierus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Zootaxa 5006(1): 054–072. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5006.1.9. . Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. & Lowe, G. 2021. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part XXVII. Lanzatus huluul sp. n. from Somaliland (Buthidae). Euscorpius 344: 1–12. Reference page. 

2022

• Kovařík, F., Fet, V.Y., Gantenbein, B., Graham, M.R., Yağmur, A.E., Šťáhlavský, F., Poverennyi, N.M. & Novruzov, N.E. 2022. A revision of the genus Mesobuthus Vachon, 1950, with a description of 14 new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 348: 1–189. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. & Lowe, G. 2022. Review of Orthochiroides Kovařík, 1998 with description of a new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius No. 349: 1-42. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Novruzov, N.E., Kovařík, F., & Fet, V. 2022. Mesobuthus zarudnyi sp. n. from Azerbaijan (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius No. 347: 1-9. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2023

• Kovařík, F. 2023. Lychas jakli sp. n. (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Indonesia. Euscorpius 2023(367): 1–8. Full article (PDF).Reference page. 

2024

• Kovařík, F. 2024. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones) Part XXXI. Two new genera from Somaliland: Sanaag gen. n. and Sahil gen. n. (Buthidae). Euscorpius No. 386: 1-11. Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F. 2024a. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XXXII. Barbaracurus hofereki sp. n. from Djibouti. Euscorpius No. 387: 1-12. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F., Elmi, H.Sh.A. & Šťáhlavský, F. 2024. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part XXXIII. Three new species of Gint from Ethiopia and Somaliland (Buthidae). Euscorpius 392: 1-25. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kovařík, F., Lowe, G., Elmi, H.Sh.A. & Šťáhlavský, F. 2024. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XXX. Parabuthus (Buthidae) (Part III), with description of three new species from Somaliland and occurrence of Parabuthus eritreaensis Kovařík, 2003. Euscorpius No. 385: 1-27. Reference page. 
• Tang, V., Liu, Z.B, Graham, M.R., Fet, V.Y, Kovařík, F. & Šťáhlavský, F. 2024a2. Revision of the genus Olivierus in Xinjiang, China, with comments on Mesobuthus thersites (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius No. 383: 1-58. Reference page. 
• Yağmur, E.A., Kovařík, F., Fet, V.Y., Hussen, F.S., Kurt, R., Al-Khazali, A.M., Kachel, H.S. & Al-Fanharawi, A.A. 2024. New records of Mesobuthus mesopotamicus (Penther, 1912) in Iraq and Mesobuthus faiki sp. n. from Turkey (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 388: 1-22. Full article (PDF). Reference page.