DISTRIBUTION:
Afghanistan (Pocock, 1889: 118), Iran (Vachon, 1966: 214; Habibi, 1971: 44), Kazakhstan (Fet, 1989: 117), Tajikistan (Fet, 1989: 117), Turkmenistan (Simon, 1889b: 386), and Uzbekistan (Fet, 1989: 118). Published records for Djibouti (Kraepelin, 1901: 267), Egypt (Kraepelin, 1899: 36), India (Pérez Minnocci, 1974: 28; Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 140), Iraq (Khalaf, 1962: 2), Israel (Bücherl, 1959:257), Pakistan (Kraepelin, 1899: 36; Pérez Minnocci, 1974:28), and
DIAGNOSIS: Fourth and fifth metasomal segments ventrally punctate and without carinae. Spaces among punctae smooth, without granules. Dorsal surface of all metasomal segments mesially smooth, without granules.
Entire metasoma glabrous (very short, thin setae mayissue from punctae). Mesosoma and metasoma black, telson reddish brown, legs yellow, pedipalps yellow to greenish yellow. Movable fingers of pedipalps bear 8–10 rows of granules with internal granules and without external granules. Movable fingers with 2–5 distal granules.